#274c8e

Color #274c8e

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#274c8e

RGB

rgb(39, 76, 142)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 56.9%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 72.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(33.03, 10.5, -40.5)

LCH

lch(33.03, 41.84, 284.53)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.1175, 260.99)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 15.3%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e6927

Analogous

#27808e

#274c8e

#35278e

Triadic

#274c8e

#8e274c

#4c8e27

Split-complementary

#274c8e

#8e3527

#808e27

Tetradic

#274c8e

#69278e

#8e6927

#4c8e27

Square

#274c8e

#8e2780

#8e6927

#278e35

Shades

Color #274c8e mixed toward black.

#213f76

#1a335f

#142647

#0d192f

#070d18

Tints

Color #274c8e mixed toward white.

#3363b9

#5380d0

#7ea0dc

#a9bfe7

#d4dff3

Tones

Color #274c8e mixed toward gray.

#304f85

#38517d

#415374

#49566c

#525863

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3b82 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#38357f · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#2a7775 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #274c8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#274c8e]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#274c8e (#274c8e) is rgb(39, 76, 142) in RGB.

No, #274c8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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