#274e57

Color #274e57

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.91 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#274e57

RGB

rgb(39, 78, 87)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 38.1%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 55.2%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(30.8, -10.94, -9.56)

LCH

lch(30.8, 14.53, 221.15)

OKLCH

oklch(39.9%, 0.0466, 214.51)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 15.3%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#573027

Analogous

#275748

#274e57

#273657

Triadic

#274e57

#57274e

#4e5727

Split-complementary

#274e57

#572736

#574827

Tetradic

#274e57

#302757

#573027

#4e5727

Square

#274e57

#482757

#573027

#365727

Shades

Color #274e57 mixed toward black.

#204148

#1a343a

#13272b

#0d1a1d

#060d0e

Tints

Color #274e57 mixed toward white.

#3b7683

#4f9daf

#7ab6c4

#a7ced7

#d3e7eb

Tones

Color #274e57 mixed toward gray.

#2b4b53

#2f494f

#33464b

#374447

#3b4143

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.31:1

White text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3c3c55 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#393654 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#2a5353 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 13.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #274e57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#274e57]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#274e57 (#274e57) is rgb(39, 78, 87) in RGB.

No, #274e57 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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