#274E91#274E91

#274E91 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.119 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E91
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 145)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 10.32, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 42.34, 284.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.0198 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.119 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6701, 7.9235, 27.8550)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E91 #916A27

analogous

#278391 #274E91 #352791

triadic

#274E91 #91274E #4E9127

tetradic

#274E91 #912783 #916A27 #279135

square

#274E91 #912783 #916A27 #279135

split-complementary

#274E91 #913527 #839127

monochromatic

#0D1A31 #1A3461 #274E91 #3468C1 #5F8AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#274E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#274E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E91

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E91	1.00	8.12	2.58	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.119 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb2',
    500: '#274e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e91;
$custom-light: #6f7fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.925,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43277,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E91

secondary

#B9965B

accent

#A847E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E91

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

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