#274A9D#274A9D

#274A9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274A9D
RGB	rgb(39, 74, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 17.68, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 51.99, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.0145 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.141 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3691, 7.7622, 32.8962)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274A9D #9D7A27

analogous

#27859D #274A9D #3F279D

triadic

#274A9D #9D274A #4A9D27

tetradic

#274A9D #9D2785 #9D7A27 #279D3F

square

#274A9D #9D2785 #9D7A27 #279D3F

split-complementary

#274A9D #9D3F27 #859D27

monochromatic

#0F1C3B #1B336C #274A9D #3562CD #6688D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#274A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#274A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274A9D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274A9D	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1254A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 74, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cbb',
    500: '#274a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274a9d;
$custom-light: #727cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.203,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4328,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274A9D

secondary

#BFA361

accent

#B444E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #274A9D

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

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