#74b5e9

Color #74b5e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74b5e9

RGB

rgb(116, 181, 233)

HSL

hsl(206.7, 72.7%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.7, 50.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(71.31, -6.62, -32.37)

LCH

lch(71.31, 33.04, 258.44)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1006, 243.82)

HWB

hwb(206.7, 45.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9a874

Analogous

#74e9e3

#74b5e9

#747ae9

Triadic

#74b5e9

#e974b5

#b5e974

Split-complementary

#74b5e9

#e9747a

#e9e374

Tetradic

#74b5e9

#a874e9

#e9a874

#b5e974

Square

#74b5e9

#e374e9

#e9a874

#7ae974

Shades

Color #74b5e9 mixed toward black.

#429ae1

#207ec9

#185e97

#103f64

#081f32

Tints

Color #74b5e9 mixed toward white.

#8bc1ed

#a2cef0

#b9daf4

#d1e6f8

#e8f3fb

Tones

Color #74b5e9 mixed toward gray.

#7eb4df

#87b3d5

#91b2cc

#9bb1c2

#a5afb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595de · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#918cdb · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#78d5d2 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #74b5e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74b5e9]

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Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#74b5e9 (#74b5e9) is rgb(116, 181, 233) in RGB.

No, #74b5e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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