#74a7f5

Color #74a7f5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#74a7f5

RGB

rgb(116, 167, 245)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 86.6%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 52.7%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(67.98, 4.74, -44.1)

LCH

lch(67.98, 44.35, 276.13)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.1267, 258.66)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 45.5%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5c274

Analogous

#74e7f5

#74a7f5

#8274f5

Triadic

#74a7f5

#f574a7

#a7f574

Split-complementary

#74a7f5

#f58274

#e7f574

Tetradic

#74a7f5

#c274f5

#f5c274

#a7f574

Square

#74a7f5

#f574e7

#f5c274

#74f582

Shades

Color #74a7f5 mixed toward black.

#3c83f1

#1062e1

#0c4aa8

#083170

#041938

Tints

Color #74a7f5 mixed toward white.

#8bb6f7

#a2c4f8

#bad3fa

#d1e2fc

#e8f0fd

Tones

Color #74a7f5 mixed toward gray.

#7fa9ea

#8aace0

#94aed5

#9fb0ca

#aab2bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8de5 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#8a86e1 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#77d8d5 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 22.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #74a7f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a7f5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#74a7f5 (#74a7f5) is rgb(116, 167, 245) in RGB.

No, #74a7f5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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