#74a7f9

Color #74a7f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74a7f9

RGB

rgb(116, 167, 249)

HSL

hsl(217, 91.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 53.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(68.16, 5.96, -45.99)

LCH

lch(68.16, 46.37, 277.38)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.1319, 259.56)

HWB

hwb(217, 45.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c674

Analogous

#74e9f9

#74a7f9

#8474f9

Triadic

#74a7f9

#f974a7

#a7f974

Split-complementary

#74a7f9

#f98474

#e9f974

Tetradic

#74a7f9

#c674f9

#f9c674

#a7f974

Square

#74a7f9

#f974e9

#f9c674

#74f984

Shades

Color #74a7f9 mixed toward black.

#3a82f6

#0a60e9

#0848af

#053075

#03183a

Tints

Color #74a7f9 mixed toward white.

#8bb6fa

#a2c4fb

#bad3fc

#d1e2fd

#e8f0fe

Tones

Color #74a7f9 mixed toward gray.

#7faaee

#8aace3

#95afd8

#a0b1cd

#acb4c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8de9 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8a86e4 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#77dad7 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74a7f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a7f9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#74a7f9 (#74a7f9) is rgb(116, 167, 249) in RGB.

No, #74a7f9 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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