#274B96#274B96

#274B96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.130 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274B96
RGB	rgb(39, 75, 150)
HSL	hsl(221, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(221, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 50%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 14.28, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 47.20, 287.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% -0.0162 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.13 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8558, 7.6645, 29.8609)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274B96 #967227

analogous

#278296 #274B96 #3B2796

triadic

#274B96 #96274B #4B9627

tetradic

#274B96 #962782 #967227 #27963B

square

#274B96 #962782 #967227 #27963B

split-complementary

#274B96 #963B27 #829627

monochromatic

#0E1A35 #1A3365 #274B96 #3463C7 #6187D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#274B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#274B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274B96

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274B96	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 75, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.130 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cb5',
    500: '#274b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274b96;
$custom-light: #717cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42964,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274B96

secondary

#BC9D5D

accent

#AF46E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #274B96

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

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