#294E8A#294E8A

#294E8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.108 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#294E8A
RGB	rgb(41, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 7.94, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 38.18, 282.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0195 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.108 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2246, 7.7543, 25.1031)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#294E8A #8A6529

analogous

#297F8A #294E8A #34298A

triadic

#294E8A #8A294E #4E8A29

tetradic

#294E8A #8A297F #8A6529 #298A34

square

#294E8A #8A297F #8A6529 #298A34

split-complementary

#294E8A #8A3429 #7F8A29

monochromatic

#0D192C #1B335B #294E8A #3769B9 #5E89CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#294E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#294E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #294E8A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##294E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##294E8A	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32548C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #294e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.108 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fac',
    500: '#294e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #294e8a;
$custom-light: #6f7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#294e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.113,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42882,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#294E8A

secondary

#B5925A

accent

#A54ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #294E8A

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

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