#274E8A#274E8A

#274E8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.109 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E8A
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 7.61, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 38.26, 281.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0212 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.109 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1469, 7.7142, 25.0995)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E8A #8A6327

analogous

#277F8A #274E8A #32278A

triadic

#274E8A #8A274E #4E8A27

tetradic

#274E8A #8A277F #8A6327 #278A32

square

#274E8A #8A277F #8A6327 #278A32

split-complementary

#274E8A #8A3227 #7F8A27

monochromatic

#0C182B #1A335A #274E8A #3469BA #5B89D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#274E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#274E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E8A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E8A	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.109 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fac',
    500: '#274e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e8a;
$custom-light: #6e7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42793,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E8A

secondary

#B69057

accent

#A449DF

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E8A

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

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