Information about #274248 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #274248 reads as a softly balanced cyan and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Japanese Indigo (#264348). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Tarawera (#253C48) and Nile Blue (#253F4E).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(39, 66, 72)), which gives #274248 its character. If you plan to put text on a #274248 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 10.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.0:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:72) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#274248 color variations
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#274248 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#274248 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#274248 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#274248 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#274248 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #274248 color
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Nearest named colors to #274248
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#264348
#253C48
#253F4E
#234040
#2C4641
#2D3B42
#1F3B4D
#314643
#303B44
#334046
#2B4B40
#20483F
#274248 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#274248
- RGB39, 66, 72
- CMYK13, 2, 0, 72
- CSSrgb(39, 66, 72)
- HSL191°, 30%, 22%
- HSL Precise190.909°, 29.73%, 21.765%
- HSV191°, 46%, 28%
- HSB191°, 46%, 28%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.153
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
- GLSLvec3(0.153, 0.259, 0.282)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.153, 0.259, 0.282, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.153, 0.259, 0.282)
- Percentage of Red in RGB15.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID274248
- DECIMAL ID2572872
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
