#274E72#274E72

#274E72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.075 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E72
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, -1.50, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 24.81, 266.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% -0.0277 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.075 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5972, 7.0944, 16.9380)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E72 #724B27

analogous

#277271 #274E72 #272872

triadic

#274E72 #72274E #4E7227

tetradic

#274E72 #712772 #724B27 #287227

square

#274E72 #712772 #724B27 #287227

split-complementary

#274E72 #722728 #727127

monochromatic

#081017 #172F44 #274E72 #376DA0 #508CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#274E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#274E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E72

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E72	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.075 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697f9a',
    500: '#274e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e72;
$custom-light: #697f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41288,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E72

secondary

#A47950

accent

#914FD9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E72

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

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