#294D8B#294D8B

#294D8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.111 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#294D8B
RGB	rgb(41, 77, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 44.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 8.99, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 39.39, 283.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0183 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.111 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2269, 7.6424, 25.4627)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#294D8B #8B6729

analogous

#297E8B #294D8B #36298B

triadic

#294D8B #8B294D #4D8B29

tetradic

#294D8B #8B297E #8B6729 #298B36

square

#294D8B #8B297E #8B6729 #298B36

split-complementary

#294D8B #8B3629 #7E8B29

monochromatic

#0D192C #1B335C #294D8B #3767BA #5F88D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#294D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#294D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #294D8B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##294D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##294D8B	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #294d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 77, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.111 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7ead',
    500: '#294d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #294d8b;
$custom-light: #6f7ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#294d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42718,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#294D8B

secondary

#B5945B

accent

#A84ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #294D8B

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

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