#274E87#274E87

#274E87 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.105 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E87
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(216, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 6.45, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 36.52, 280.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0218 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.105 258)
XYZ	xyz(7.9327, 7.6286, 23.9714)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E87 #876027

analogous

#277E87 #274E87 #302787

triadic

#274E87 #87274E #4E8727

tetradic

#274E87 #87277E #876027 #278730

square

#274E87 #87277E #876027 #278730

split-complementary

#274E87 #873027 #7E8727

monochromatic

#0C1728 #193358 #274E87 #3569B6 #5989CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#274E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#274E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E87

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E87	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.105 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faa',
    500: '#274e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e87;
$custom-light: #6d7faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42591,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.07629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E87

secondary

#B48E56

accent

#A249DF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E87

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

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