#274B8E#274B8E

#274B8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.119 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274B8E
RGB	rgb(39, 75, 142)
HSL	hsl(219, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(219, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 11.17, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 42.47, 285.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0175 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.119 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2335, 7.4156, 26.5834)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274B8E #8E6A27

analogous

#277E8E #274B8E #36278E

triadic

#274B8E #8E274B #4B8E27

tetradic

#274B8E #8E277E #8E6A27 #278E36

square

#274B8E #8E277E #8E6A27 #278E36

split-complementary

#274B8E #8E3627 #7E8E27

monochromatic

#0D182E #1A325E #274B8E #3464BE #5D86D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#274B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#274B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274B8E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274B8E	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 75, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.119 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7caf',
    500: '#274b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274b8e;
$custom-light: #6f7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.029,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42377,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274B8E

secondary

#B89759

accent

#AB48E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274B8E

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

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