#274C85#274C85

#274C85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.104 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274C85
RGB	rgb(39, 76, 133)
HSL	hsl(216, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 42.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 7.01, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 36.56, 281.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% -0.0202 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.104 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6533, 7.2929, 23.1901)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274C85 #856027

analogous

#277B85 #274C85 #312785

triadic

#274C85 #85274C #4C8527

tetradic

#274C85 #85277B #856027 #278531

square

#274C85 #85277B #856027 #278531

split-complementary

#274C85 #853127 #7B8527

monochromatic

#0B1626 #193156 #274C85 #3567B4 #5887CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#274C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#274C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274C85

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274C85	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)

#315187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 76, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.104 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7da9',
    500: '#274c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274c85;
$custom-light: #6d7da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.383,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41984,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274C85

secondary

#B38E55

accent

#A44ADE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274C85

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

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