#274B8A#274B8A

#274B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.113 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274B8A
RGB	rgb(39, 75, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 9.62, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 40.11, 283.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% -0.0182 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.113 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9386, 7.2976, 25.0300)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274B8A #8A6627

analogous

#277C8A #274B8A #35278A

triadic

#274B8A #8A274B #4B8A27

tetradic

#274B8A #8A277C #8A6627 #278A35

square

#274B8A #8A277C #8A6627 #278A35

split-complementary

#274B8A #8A3527 #7C8A27

monochromatic

#0C172B #1A315A #274B8A #3465BA #5B86D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#274B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#274B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274B8A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274B8A	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.113 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7cac',
    500: '#274b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274b8a;
$custom-light: #6e7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42093,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274B8A

secondary

#B69357

accent

#A849DF

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274B8A

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

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