#2C74A9#2C74A9

#2C74A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.109 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C74A9
RGB	rgb(44, 116, 169)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 31.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, -4.00, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 34.95, 263.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% -0.0473 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.109 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4428, 15.8892, 39.8342)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C74A9 #A9612C

analogous

#2CA9A0 #2C74A9 #2C36A9

triadic

#2C74A9 #A92C74 #74A92C

tetradic

#2C74A9 #A02CA9 #A9612C #36A92C

square

#2C74A9 #A02CA9 #A9612C #36A92C

split-complementary

#2C74A9 #A92C36 #A9A02C

monochromatic

#133148 #1F5378 #2C74A9 #4494CE #74AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#2C74A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#2C74A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C74A9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C74A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C74A9	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c74a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 116, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.109 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769bc3',
    500: '#2c74a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c74a9;
$custom-light: #769bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c74a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.44,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53923,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C74A9

secondary

#C3926E

accent

#8846E2

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C74A9

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

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