#274C8C#274C8C

#274C8C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.115 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274C8C
RGB	rgb(39, 76, 140)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 9.72, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 40.66, 283.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0188 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.115 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1531, 7.4928, 25.8224)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274C8C #8C6727

analogous

#277E8C #274C8C #34278C

triadic

#274C8C #8C274C #4C8C27

tetradic

#274C8C #8C277E #8C6727 #278C34

square

#274C8C #8C277E #8C6727 #278C34

split-complementary

#274C8C #8C3427 #7E8C27

monochromatic

#0C182C #1A325C #274C8C #3466BC #5C87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#274C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#274C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274C8C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274C8C	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C528E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 76, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.115 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dae',
    500: '#274c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274c8c;
$custom-light: #6e7dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.02,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42465,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274C8C

secondary

#B79458

accent

#A848E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274C8C

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

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