#274A8A#274A8A

#274A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.114 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A8A
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(219, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 10.29, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 40.74, 284.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% -0.0172 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.114 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8713, 7.1631, 25.0076)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274A8A #8A6727

analogous

#277C8A #274A8A #36278A

triadic

#274A8A #8A274A #4A8A27

tetradic

#274A8A #8A277C #8A6727 #278A36

square

#274A8A #8A277C #8A6727 #278A36

split-complementary

#274A8A #8A3627 #7C8A27

monochromatic

#0C172B #1A305A #274A8A #3464BA #5B84D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#274A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#274A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A8A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A8A	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.114 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7cac',
    500: '#274a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a8a;
$custom-light: #6e7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.788,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41862,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A8A

secondary

#B69457

accent

#AA49DF

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A8A

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

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