#274A8D#274A8D

#274A8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.118 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A8D
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(219, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(219, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 11.46, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 42.52, 285.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% -0.0167 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.118 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0915, 7.2511, 26.1673)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274A8D #8D6A27

analogous

#277D8D #274A8D #37278D

triadic

#274A8D #8D274A #4A8D27

tetradic

#274A8D #8D277D #8D6A27 #278D37

square

#274A8D #8D277D #8D6A27 #278D37

split-complementary

#274A8D #8D3727 #7D8D27

monochromatic

#0C182D #1A315D #274A8D #3463BD #5C85D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#274A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#274A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A8D

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A8D	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.118 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7caf',
    500: '#274a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a8d;
$custom-light: #6f7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42077,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A8D

secondary

#B79759

accent

#AC48E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A8D

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

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