#74a5cc

Color #74a5cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74a5cc

RGB

rgb(116, 165, 204)

HSL

hsl(206.6, 46.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.6, 43.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(65.73, -6.09, -25.03)

LCH

lch(65.73, 25.76, 256.33)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0778, 243.17)

HWB

hwb(206.6, 45.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc9b74

Analogous

#74ccc7

#74a5cc

#7479cc

Triadic

#74a5cc

#cc74a5

#a5cc74

Split-complementary

#74a5cc

#cc7479

#ccc774

Tetradic

#74a5cc

#9b74cc

#cc9b74

#a5cc74

Square

#74a5cc

#c774cc

#cc9b74

#79cc74

Shades

Color #74a5cc mixed toward black.

#4d8cbe

#39709c

#2b5475

#1d384e

#0e1c27

Tints

Color #74a5cc mixed toward white.

#8bb4d4

#a2c3dd

#b9d2e5

#d1e1ee

#e8f0f6

Tones

Color #74a5cc mixed toward gray.

#7ba4c5

#83a3bd

#8aa2b6

#91a2af

#99a1a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc3 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#8985c1 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#77bcbb · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #74a5cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a5cc]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#74a5cc (#74a5cc) is rgb(116, 165, 204) in RGB.

No, #74a5cc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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