#274B85#274B85

#274B85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.106 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274B85
RGB	rgb(39, 75, 133)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 7.68, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 37.17, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0192 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.106 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5849, 7.1562, 23.1673)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274B85 #856127

analogous

#277A85 #274B85 #322785

triadic

#274B85 #85274B #4B8527

tetradic

#274B85 #85277A #856127 #278532

square

#274B85 #85277A #856127 #278532

split-complementary

#274B85 #853227 #7A8527

monochromatic

#0B1626 #193056 #274B85 #3566B4 #5885CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#274B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#274B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274B85

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274B85	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 75, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.106 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ca9',
    500: '#274b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274b85;
$custom-light: #6d7ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41748,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274B85

secondary

#B38F55

accent

#A54ADE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274B85

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

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