#274C8A#274C8A

#274C8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.112 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274C8A
RGB	rgb(39, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 8.94, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 39.48, 283.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% -0.0192 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.112 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0069, 7.4344, 25.0528)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274C8A #8A6527

analogous

#277D8A #274C8A #34278A

triadic

#274C8A #8A274C #4C8A27

tetradic

#274C8A #8A277D #8A6527 #278A34

square

#274C8A #8A277D #8A6527 #278A34

split-complementary

#274C8A #8A3427 #7D8A27

monochromatic

#0C172B #1A325A #274C8A #3466BA #5B87D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#274C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#274C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274C8A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274C8A	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.112 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dac',
    500: '#274c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274c8a;
$custom-light: #6e7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.576,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42325,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274C8A

secondary

#B69257

accent

#A749DF

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274C8A

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

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