#274E85#274E85

#274E85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.102 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E85
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 133)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 41.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 5.68, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 35.36, 279.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0223 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.102 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7932, 7.5728, 23.2367)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E85 #855E27

analogous

#277D85 #274E85 #2F2785

triadic

#274E85 #85274E #4E8527

tetradic

#274E85 #85277D #855E27 #27852F

square

#274E85 #85277D #855E27 #27852F

split-complementary

#274E85 #852F27 #7D8527

monochromatic

#0B1626 #193256 #274E85 #356AB4 #5889CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#274E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#274E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E85

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E85	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.102 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fa9',
    500: '#274e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e85;
$custom-light: #6d7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.106,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42459,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E85

secondary

#B38C55

accent

#A14ADE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E85

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

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