#1a74ff

Color #1a74ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#1a74ff

RGB

rgb(26, 116, 255)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 100%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 89.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(89.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51.75, 27.09, -75.71)

LCH

lch(51.75, 80.41, 289.69)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.2223, 259.92)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 10.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa51a

Analogous

#1ae7ff

#1a74ff

#321aff

Triadic

#1a74ff

#ff1a74

#74ff1a

Split-complementary

#1a74ff

#ff321a

#e7ff1a

Tetradic

#1a74ff

#a51aff

#ffa51a

#74ff1a

Square

#1a74ff

#ff1ae7

#ffa51a

#1aff32

Shades

Color #1a74ff mixed toward black.

#005cea

#004abb

#00378d

#00255e

#00122f

Tints

Color #1a74ff mixed toward white.

#408bff

#66a2ff

#8dbaff

#b3d1ff

#d9e8ff

Tones

Color #1a74ff mixed toward gray.

#2d78ec

#407cd9

#5380c6

#6684b3

#7988a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151e7 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#4c45e1 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#25d2cd · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a74ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a74ff]

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

#1a74ff (#1a74ff) is rgb(26, 116, 255) in RGB.

No, #1a74ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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