#274B9D#274B9D

#274B9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274B9D
RGB	rgb(39, 75, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 17.01, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 51.33, 289.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% -0.0153 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.14 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4364, 7.8968, 32.9187)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274B9D #9D7927

analogous

#27869D #274B9D #3E279D

triadic

#274B9D #9D274B #4B9D27

tetradic

#274B9D #9D2786 #9D7927 #279D3E

square

#274B9D #9D2786 #9D7927 #279D3E

split-complementary

#274B9D #9D3E27 #869D27

monochromatic

#0F1C3B #1B346C #274B9D #3563CD #6689D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#274B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#274B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274B9D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274B9D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1655A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 75, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cba',
    500: '#274b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274b9d;
$custom-light: #727cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.695,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43497,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274B9D

secondary

#BFA261

accent

#B344E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #274B9D

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

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