#74aeef

Color #74aeef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74aeef

RGB

rgb(116, 174, 239)

HSL

hsl(211.7, 79.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.7, 51.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(69.62, -1, -38.25)

LCH

lch(69.62, 38.26, 268.5)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1126, 252.16)

HWB

hwb(211.7, 45.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb574

Analogous

#74ecef

#74aeef

#7774ef

Triadic

#74aeef

#ef74ae

#aeef74

Split-complementary

#74aeef

#ef7774

#ecef74

Tetradic

#74aeef

#b574ef

#efb574

#aeef74

Square

#74aeef

#ef74ec

#efb574

#74ef77

Shades

Color #74aeef mixed toward black.

#3f8fe9

#1871d4

#12559f

#0c386a

#061c35

Tints

Color #74aeef mixed toward white.

#8bbbf2

#a2c9f4

#b9d6f7

#d1e4fa

#e8f1fc

Tones

Color #74aeef mixed toward gray.

#7eafe5

#88afdb

#93b0d0

#9db0c6

#a7b1bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191e1 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#8d89de · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#78d6d3 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #74aeef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74aeef]

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Frequently asked questions

#74aeef (#74aeef) is rgb(116, 174, 239) in RGB.

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

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