#74a4e3

Color #74a4e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74a4e3

RGB

rgb(116, 164, 227)

HSL

hsl(214.1, 66.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.1, 48.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(66.37, 1.06, -36.75)

LCH

lch(66.37, 36.77, 271.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1063, 255.56)

HWB

hwb(214.1, 45.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b374

Analogous

#74dbe3

#74a4e3

#7c74e3

Triadic

#74a4e3

#e374a4

#a4e374

Split-complementary

#74a4e3

#e37c74

#dbe374

Tetradic

#74a4e3

#b374e3

#e3b374

#a4e374

Square

#74a4e3

#e374db

#e3b374

#74e37c

Shades

Color #74a4e3 mixed toward black.

#4585d9

#2668be

#1d4e8f

#13345f

#0a1a30

Tints

Color #74a4e3 mixed toward white.

#8bb3e8

#a2c2ec

#bad2f1

#d1e1f6

#e8f0fa

Tones

Color #74a4e3 mixed toward gray.

#7da5da

#87a7d1

#90a8c7

#99a9be

#a2aab5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cd6 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8985d3 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#77cbc8 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74a4e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a4e3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#74a4e3 (#74a4e3) is rgb(116, 164, 227) in RGB.

No, #74a4e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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