#74b4e7

Color #74b4e7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#74b4e7

RGB

rgb(116, 180, 231)

HSL

hsl(206.6, 70.6%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.6, 49.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(70.96, -6.65, -31.83)

LCH

lch(70.96, 32.52, 258.2)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0991, 243.69)

HWB

hwb(206.6, 45.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7a774

Analogous

#74e7e0

#74b4e7

#747ae7

Triadic

#74b4e7

#e774b4

#b4e774

Split-complementary

#74b4e7

#e7747a

#e7e074

Tetradic

#74b4e7

#a774e7

#e7a774

#b4e774

Square

#74b4e7

#e074e7

#e7a774

#7ae774

Shades

Color #74b4e7 mixed toward black.

#4299df

#227dc5

#195e94

#113e63

#081f31

Tints

Color #74b4e7 mixed toward white.

#8bc0eb

#a2cdef

#b9d9f3

#d1e6f7

#e8f2fb

Tones

Color #74b4e7 mixed toward gray.

#7db3dd

#87b2d4

#91b1ca

#9ab0c1

#a4aeb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495dc · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#908bd9 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#78d3d1 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #74b4e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74b4e7]

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Frequently asked questions

#74b4e7 (#74b4e7) is rgb(116, 180, 231) in RGB.

No, #74b4e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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