#2C74C9#2C74C9

#2C74C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.150 H 254.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C74C9
RGB	rgb(44, 116, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(212, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 7.90, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 51.09, 278.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0389 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.15 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8228, 17.2412, 57.6356)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C74C9 #C9812C

analogous

#2CC2C9 #2C74C9 #322CC9

triadic

#2C74C9 #C92C74 #74C92C

tetradic

#2C74C9 #C92CC2 #C9812C #2CC932

square

#2C74C9 #C92CC2 #C9812C #2CC932

split-complementary

#2C74C9 #C9322C #C2C92C

monochromatic

#163A65 #215797 #2C74C9 #5894DA #8AB4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#2C74C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#2C74C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C74C9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C74C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C74C9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c74c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 116, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.150 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9bda',
    500: '#2c74c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c74c9;
$custom-light: #7c9bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c74c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.484,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55846,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C74C9

secondary

#CFAC82

accent

#9B41E7

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C74C9

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

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