#74b2e3

Color #74b2e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#74b2e3

RGB

rgb(116, 178, 227)

HSL

hsl(206.5, 66.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.5, 48.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.24, -6.71, -30.75)

LCH

lch(70.24, 31.47, 257.69)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0958, 243.41)

HWB

hwb(206.5, 45.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3a574

Analogous

#74e3dd

#74b2e3

#747be3

Triadic

#74b2e3

#e374b2

#b2e374

Split-complementary

#74b2e3

#e3747b

#e3dd74

Tetradic

#74b2e3

#a574e3

#e3a574

#b2e374

Square

#74b2e3

#dd74e3

#e3a574

#7be374

Shades

Color #74b2e3 mixed toward black.

#4598d9

#267bbe

#1d5c8f

#133e5f

#0a1f30

Tints

Color #74b2e3 mixed toward white.

#8bbfe8

#a2ccec

#bad9f1

#d1e5f6

#e8f2fa

Tones

Color #74b2e3 mixed toward gray.

#7db1da

#87b0d1

#90afc7

#99aebe

#a2adb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394d8 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#8f8ad6 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#78d0ce · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74b2e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74b2e3]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#74b2e3 (#74b2e3) is rgb(116, 178, 227) in RGB.

No, #74b2e3 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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