#274E9E#274E9E

#274E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.138 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#274E9E
RGB	rgb(39, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, 15.38, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 49.96, 287.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0177 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.138 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7304, 8.3477, 33.4396)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#274E9E #9E7727

analogous

#27899E #274E9E #3B279E

triadic

#274E9E #9E274E #4E9E27

tetradic

#274E9E #9E2789 #9E7727 #279E3B

square

#274E9E #9E2789 #9E7727 #279E3B

split-complementary

#274E9E #9E3B27 #899E27

monochromatic

#0F1E3C #1B366D #274E9E #3567CD #668CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#274E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#274E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #274E9E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##274E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##274E9E	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #274e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.138 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727fbb',
    500: '#274e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #274e9e;
$custom-light: #727fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#274e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.336,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44228,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#274E9E

secondary

#BFA162

accent

#AF44E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #274E9E

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

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