#274A8E#274A8E

#274A8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.120 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A8E
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(220, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(220, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 11.84, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 43.11, 285.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0165 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.12 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1662, 7.2810, 26.5609)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274A8E #8E6B27

analogous

#277D8E #274A8E #38278E

triadic

#274A8E #8E274A #4A8E27

tetradic

#274A8E #8E277D #8E6B27 #278E38

square

#274A8E #8E277D #8E6B27 #278E38

split-complementary

#274A8E #8E3827 #7D8E27

monochromatic

#0D182E #1A315E #274A8E #3463BE #5D85D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#274A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#274A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A8E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A8E	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.120 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7caf',
    500: '#274a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a8e;
$custom-light: #6f7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.612,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42149,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A8E

secondary

#B89859

accent

#AC48E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A8E

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

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