Information about Very Light Azure color

#74BBFB - Very Light Azure color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #74BBFB, known as "Very Light Azure", is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(116, 187, 251) — 45.5% red, 73.3% green, 98.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 25 / 0 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength steel-blue azure, #74BBFB appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Maya Blue (#73C2FB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are French Sky Blue (#77B5FE) and Soft Azure (#7EB8FC).

The recipe behind #74BBFB is rgb(116, 187, 251), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #74BBFB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Very Light Azure" in the Register.

Very Light Azure color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Very Light Azure color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

Very Light Azure color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

Very Light Azure color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Very Light Azure

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Very Light Azure color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#74BBFB
  • RGB116, 187, 251
  • CMYK53, 25, 0, 2
  • HSL208°, 94%, 72%
  • HSL Precise208.444°, 94.406%, 71.961%
  • HSV208°, 54%, 98%
  • HSB208°, 54%, 98%
  • HEX ID74BBFB
  • DECIMAL ID7650299
  • Name Length16
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB98.4%
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