#274E81#274E81

#274E81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.096 H 256.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E81
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 129)
HSL	hsl(214, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 4.15, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 33.07, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% -0.0233 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.096 256)
XYZ	xyz(7.5221, 7.4643, 21.8090)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E81 #815A27

analogous

#277B81 #274E81 #2D2781

triadic

#274E81 #81274E #4E8127

tetradic

#274E81 #81277B #815A27 #27812D

square

#274E81 #81277B #815A27 #27812D

split-complementary

#274E81 #812D27 #7B8127

monochromatic

#0B1523 #193252 #274E81 #356AB0 #5689CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#274E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#274E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E81

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E81	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.096 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fa6',
    500: '#274e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e81;
$custom-light: #6c7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42199,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.07465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E81

secondary

#B18853

accent

#9E4BDD

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E81

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

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