#274A79#274A79

#274A79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.089 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A79
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 121)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 38.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 3.74, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 30.77, 276.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% -0.021 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.089 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7354, 6.7087, 19.0254)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274A79 #795627

analogous

#277379 #274A79 #2D2779

triadic

#274A79 #79274A #4A7927

tetradic

#274A79 #792773 #795627 #27792D

square

#274A79 #792773 #795627 #27792D

split-complementary

#274A79 #792D27 #737927

monochromatic

#09111C #182E4B #274A79 #3666A7 #5385C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#274A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#274A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A79

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A79	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.089 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7ca0',
    500: '#274a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a79;
$custom-light: #6a7ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.39,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40719,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A79

secondary

#AB8551

accent

#9E4DDB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A79

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

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