#74AAF9#74AAF9

#74AAF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AAF9
RGB	rgb(116, 170, 249)
HSL	hsl(216, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 4.26, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 44.92, 275.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0272 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.129 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6702, 39.2990, 95.1518)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AAF9 #F9C374

analogous

#74EDF9 #74AAF9 #8174F9

triadic

#74AAF9 #F974AA #AAF974

tetradic

#74AAF9 #F974ED #F9C374 #74F981

square

#74AAF9 #F974ED #F9C374 #74F981

split-complementary

#74AAF9 #F98174 #EDF974

monochromatic

#0A64E9 #3986F6 #74AAF9 #AFCEFC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#74AAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#74AAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AAF9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AAF9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA3F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aaf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 170, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3fb',
    500: '#74aaf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aaf9;
$custom-light: #a4c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aaf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.639,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AAF9

secondary

#F5E8D3

accent

#8800E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AAF9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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