#2A74A3#2A74A3

#2A74A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.103 H 240.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A74A3
RGB	rgb(42, 116, 163)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, -6.46, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 32.41, 258.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% -0.0503 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.103 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8085, 15.6258, 36.9316)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A74A3 #A3592A

analogous

#2AA395 #2A74A3 #2A37A3

triadic

#2A74A3 #A32A74 #74A32A

tetradic

#2A74A3 #952AA3 #A3592A #37A32A

square

#2A74A3 #952AA3 #A3592A #37A32A

split-complementary

#2A74A3 #A32A37 #A3952A

monochromatic

#112F42 #1D5172 #2A74A3 #3D95CD #6EB0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#2A74A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#2A74A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A74A3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A74A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A74A3	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E75A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E69A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a74a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 116, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.103 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749bbe',
    500: '#2a74a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a74a3;
$custom-light: #749bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a74a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53535,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A74A3

secondary

#C08B68

accent

#8246E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A74A3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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