#74aae1

Color #74aae1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74aae1

RGB

rgb(116, 170, 225)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 64.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 48.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67.94, -2.89, -33.21)

LCH

lch(67.94, 33.34, 265.03)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0988, 249.75)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 45.5%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1ab74

Analogous

#74e0e1

#74aae1

#7574e1

Triadic

#74aae1

#e174aa

#aae174

Split-complementary

#74aae1

#e17574

#e0e174

Tetradic

#74aae1

#ab74e1

#e1ab74

#aae174

Square

#74aae1

#e174e0

#e1ab74

#74e175

Shades

Color #74aae1 mixed toward black.

#458dd7

#2871bb

#1e558c

#14385e

#0a1c2f

Tints

Color #74aae1 mixed toward white.

#8bb8e6

#a2c6eb

#bad5f0

#d1e3f5

#e8f1fa

Tones

Color #74aae1 mixed toward gray.

#7daad8

#86aacf

#8faac6

#98aabd

#a2abb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fd5 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#8b87d2 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#77ccc9 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74aae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aae1]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#74aae1 (#74aae1) is rgb(116, 170, 225) in RGB.

No, #74aae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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