#2A74A4#2A74A4

#2A74A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.104 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A74A4
RGB	rgb(42, 116, 164)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, -6.10, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 32.84, 259.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% -0.05 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.104 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8985, 15.6618, 37.4053)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A74A4 #A45A2A

analogous

#2AA497 #2A74A4 #2A37A4

triadic

#2A74A4 #A42A74 #74A42A

tetradic

#2A74A4 #972AA4 #A45A2A #37A42A

square

#2A74A4 #972AA4 #A45A2A #37A42A

split-complementary

#2A74A4 #A42A37 #A4972A

monochromatic

#112F43 #1E5273 #2A74A4 #3E95CD #6EB0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#2A74A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#2A74A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A74A4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A74A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A74A4	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E75A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D69A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a74a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 116, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.104 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749bbf',
    500: '#2a74a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a74a4;
$custom-light: #749bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a74a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53589,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A74A4

secondary

#C18C69

accent

#8345E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A74A4

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

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