#274E79#274E79

#274E79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.085 H 252.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E79
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 1.11, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 28.58, 272.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% -0.0255 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.085 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0110, 7.2599, 19.1173)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E79 #795227

analogous

#277779 #274E79 #292779

triadic

#274E79 #79274E #4E7927

tetradic

#274E79 #792777 #795227 #277929

square

#274E79 #792777 #795227 #277929

split-complementary

#274E79 #792927 #777927

monochromatic

#09121C #18304B #274E79 #366CA7 #538AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#274E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#274E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E79

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E79	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B507B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.085 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fa0',
    500: '#274e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e79;
$custom-light: #6a7fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.463,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41701,
    "c": 0.08485,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E79

secondary

#AB8051

accent

#974DDB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E79

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

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