#274D9D#274D9D

#274D9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.138 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274D9D
RGB	rgb(39, 77, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 51%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 15.66, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 50.02, 288.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% -0.017 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.138 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5742, 8.1724, 32.9646)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274D9D #9D7727

analogous

#27889D #274D9D #3C279D

triadic

#274D9D #9D274D #4D9D27

tetradic

#274D9D #9D2788 #9D7727 #279D3C

square

#274D9D #9D2788 #9D7727 #279D3C

split-complementary

#274D9D #9D3C27 #889D27

monochromatic

#0F1D3B #1B356C #274D9D #3566CD #668BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#274D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#274D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274D9D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274D9D	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 77, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.138 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727eba',
    500: '#274d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274d9d;
$custom-light: #727eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.678,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43933,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274D9D

secondary

#BFA161

accent

#B044E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #274D9D

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

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