#274A96#274A96

#274A96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.131 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A96
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 150)
HSL	hsl(221, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(221, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 50.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 14.96, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 47.85, 288.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0153 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.131 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7885, 7.5300, 29.8385)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#274A96 #967327

analogous

#278296 #274A96 #3C2796

triadic

#274A96 #96274A #4A9627

tetradic

#274A96 #962782 #967327 #27963C

square

#274A96 #962782 #967327 #27963C

split-complementary

#274A96 #963C27 #829627

monochromatic

#0E1A35 #1A3265 #274A96 #3462C7 #6186D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#274A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#274A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A96

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A96	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.131 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cb5',
    500: '#274a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a96;
$custom-light: #717cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.081,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42742,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A96

secondary

#BC9E5D

accent

#B146E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A96

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

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