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#274A5B

#274a5b ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#274a5b is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 29.02% green and 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.14% cyan, 18.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.31% black. Its hue angle is 199.62°, with 40% saturation and 25.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 5.29.

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Relative luminance0.0608

Complementary

  1. #274a5b
  2. #5b3827

Split complementary

  1. #274a5b
  2. #5b2730
  3. #5b5227

Analogous

  1. #275b52
  2. #274a5b
  3. #27305b

Triadic

  1. #274a5b
  2. #5b274a
  3. #4a5b27

Tetradic

  1. #274a5b
  2. #38275b
  3. #5b3827
  4. #4a5b27

Square

  1. #274a5b
  2. #52275b
  3. #5b3827
  4. #305b27

Monochromatic

  1. #060c0e
  2. #101e25
  3. #274a5b
  4. #3e7691
  5. #609dbb

Shades

#274a5b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #274a5b
  2. #234352
  3. #1f3b49
  4. #1b3440
  5. #172c37
  6. #14252e
  7. #101e24
  8. #0c161b
  9. #080f12
  10. #040709
  11. #000000

Tints

#274a5b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #274a5b
  2. #3d5c6b
  3. #526e7c
  4. #68808c
  5. #7d929d
  6. #93a5ad
  7. #a9b7bd
  8. #bec9ce
  9. #d4dbde
  10. #e9edef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#274a5b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #274a5b
  2. #304f5f
  3. #395562
  4. #425a66
  5. #4b606a
  6. #54656e
  7. #5c6a71
  8. #657075
  9. #6e7579
  10. #777b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3c474f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #42495c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a435b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #054f50 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #39495c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #33465b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #184d54 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-274a5b {
  color: #274a5b;
}
Background
.bg-274a5b {
  background-color: #274a5b;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-274a5b {
  border: 2px solid #274a5b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #274a5b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 74 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 40% 25%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-274a5b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #274a5b, #27305b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-274a5b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 74 91 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 5.29 #004953 Midnight Green ΔE 7.63 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 8.82 #2f4f4f Dark Slate Gray ΔE 9.18 #2f4f4f Dark Slate Grey ΔE 9.18 #2a3439 Gunmetal ΔE 9.74 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 10.99 #d8b5a4 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Charcoal
#274a5b  rgb(39, 74, 91)  hsl(200, 40%, 25%)  Charcoal
#5b3827  rgb(91, 56, 39)  hsl(20, 40%, 25%)  Caput Mortuum
#5b274a  rgb(91, 39, 74)  hsl(320, 40%, 25%)  Byzantium
#4a5b27  rgb(74, 91, 39)  hsl(80, 40%, 25%)  Army Green