#2A74A8#2A74A8

#2A74A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.109 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A74A8
RGBrgb(42, 116, 168)
HSLhsl(205, 60%, 41%)
HSVhsv(205, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 31%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.72, -4.64, -34.30)
CIE-LCHlch(46.72, 34.62, 262.30°)
OKLaboklab(53.81% -0.0487 -0.0971)
OKLCHoklch(53.81% 0.109 243.4)
XYZxyz(14.2654, 15.8085, 39.3377)
Luminance0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A74A8 #A85E2A
analogous
#2AA89D #2A74A8 #2A35A8
triadic
#2A74A8 #A82A74 #74A82A
tetradic
#2A74A8 #9D2AA8 #A85E2A #35A82A
square
#2A74A8 #9D2AA8 #A85E2A #35A82A
split-complementary
#2A74A8 #A82A35 #A89D2A
monochromatic
#123046 #1E5277 #2A74A8 #4094CF #71B0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#2A74A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16
#2A74A8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A74A8
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A74A8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A74A81.005.054.165.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C75AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B69A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008186
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a74a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 116, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.109 243.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759bc2',
    500: '#2a74a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a74a8;
$custom-light: #759bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a74a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53807,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A74A8
secondary
#C38F6B
accent
#8645E3
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F7
border
#C9CCD0
text
#0A0E12
muted
#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A74A8

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#2A74A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva