#294E8B#294E8B

#294E8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.110 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#294E8B
RGB	rgb(41, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 8.32, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 38.77, 282.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0193 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.11 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2974, 7.7834, 25.4862)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#294E8B #8B6629

analogous

#297F8B #294E8B #35298B

triadic

#294E8B #8B294E #4E8B29

tetradic

#294E8B #8B297F #8B6629 #298B35

square

#294E8B #8B297F #8B6629 #298B35

split-complementary

#294E8B #8B3529 #7F8B29

monochromatic

#0D192C #1B335C #294E8B #3769BA #5F89D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#294E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#294E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #294E8B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##294E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##294E8B	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #294e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.110 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fad',
    500: '#294e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #294e8b;
$custom-light: #6f7fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#294e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.347,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4295,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#294E8B

secondary

#B5935B

accent

#A64ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #294E8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →