#274C9C#274C9C

#274C9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.137 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274C9C
RGB	rgb(39, 76, 156)
HSL	hsl(221, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 51.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 15.95, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 50.08, 288.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% -0.0163 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.137 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4198, 7.9995, 32.4937)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274C9C #9C7727

analogous

#27869C #274C9C #3D279C

triadic

#274C9C #9C274C #4C9C27

tetradic

#274C9C #9C2786 #9C7727 #279C3D

square

#274C9C #9C2786 #9C7727 #279C3D

split-complementary

#274C9C #9C3D27 #869C27

monochromatic

#0F1C3A #1B346B #274C9C #3464CC #6589D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#274C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#274C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274C9C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274C9C	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 76, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.137 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727dba',
    500: '#274c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274c9c;
$custom-light: #727dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.026,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43637,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274C9C

secondary

#BEA161

accent

#B145E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #274C9C

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

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