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#374bbc

a balanced, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: True Sapphire

RGB
55, 75, 188
HSL
231°, 55%, 48%
CMYK
71, 60, 0, 26
Luminance
0.0948

#374bbc is a balanced vivid blue, 231° on the wheel and 88/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.25:1). As text it scores 7.25:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(231 55% 48%)rgb(55 75 188)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #374bbc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#374bbc
Hue
231°
blue
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0948
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
88/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
7.25:1
Closest name
Slate Blue
ΔE2000 8.9
Chroma
69.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.468
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 12.5
Web-safe
#3333CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue231° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #374bbc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool88% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red9%
Green53%
Blue38%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#374bbc
HEX (8-digit)#374bbcff
RGBrgb(55, 75, 188)
RGBArgba(55, 75, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(231, 55%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231, 71%, 74%)
HWBhwb(231 22% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 60%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(36.9 30.8 -61.8)
LCHlch(36.9 69.0 296.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.468 0.178 270.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.17, 9.47, 48.70)
Decimal3623868
Display P3color(display-p3 0.216 0.294 0.737)
Web-safe#3333CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #374bbc;
background-color: #374bbc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #374bbc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#374bbc] bg-[#374bbc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #374bbc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.216, green: 0.294, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.216, green: 0.294, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#374BBC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF374BBC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF374BBC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 75, 55)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(55, 75, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(55, 75, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 55, 75, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2157f, 0.2941f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{55,75,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #374bbc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #374bbc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D2763, #D3D7EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #374bbc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F5FB;
  --brand-100: #E9EBF6;
  --brand-200: #CED3EE;
  --brand-300: #A8B1E6;
  --brand-400: #7D8BD9;
  --brand-500: #5164CC;
  --brand-600: #374bbc;
  --brand-700: #2E3F9E;
  --brand-800: #25327E;
  --brand-900: #1E285C;
  --brand-950: #131939;
  --brand: #374bbc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C7ED;
  --brand-hover: #2F40A0;
  --brand-pressed: #273585;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141624;
    --brand-ink: #D3D7EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F5FB',
        100: '#E9EBF6',
        200: '#CED3EE',
        300: '#A8B1E6',
        400: '#7D8BD9',
        500: '#5164CC',
        600: '#374bbc',
        700: '#2E3F9E',
        800: '#25327E',
        900: '#1E285C',
        950: '#131939',
        DEFAULT: '#374bbc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F5FB,
  '100': #E9EBF6,
  '200': #CED3EE,
  '300': #A8B1E6,
  '400': #7D8BD9,
  '500': #5164CC,
  '600': #374bbc,
  '700': #2E3F9E,
  '800': #25327E,
  '900': #1E285C,
  '950': #131939,
);
$brand-base: #374bbc;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F5FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9EBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CED3EE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A8B1E6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7D8BD9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5164CC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#374bbc", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E3F9E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#25327E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E285C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#131939", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #374bbc · 7.25:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.25:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #374bbc as text scores 7.25:1 on white and 2.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EBEDF9 at 6.22:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#374bbc · 7.25:1
AA on whitealready passes
#374bbc
The quick fox
#374bbc · 7.25:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#374bbc
The quick fox
#5C6DCF · 4.54:1
AA on black+11% L
#5C6DCF
The quick fox
#8794DC · 7.30:1
AAA on black+22% L
#8794DC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #374BBC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#374bbc on white: 7.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#374bbc on black: 2.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #374bbc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #374bbc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.25:1AaAa
Slate 506.93:1AaAa
Slate 1006.62:1AaAa
Slate 2005.88:1AaAa
Slate 3004.89:1AaAa
Slate 4002.83:1AaAa
Slate 5001.52:1AaAa
Slate 6001.04:1AaAa
Slate 7001.43:1AaAa
Slate 8002.02:1AaAa
Slate 9002.46:1AaAa
Black2.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #005DC0
deuteranopia · #0051BA
tritanopia · #00677C

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #374bbc is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F5FB
#E9EBF6
#CED3EE
#A8B1E6
#7D8BD9
#5164CC
#374bbc
#2E3F9E
#25327E
#1E285C
#131939
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4F5FBDarkest = 950 · #131939Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.045 270.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 270.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.107 270.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.139 270.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.164 270.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.178 270.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.178 270.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.168 270.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.150 270.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.125 270.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.098 270.3);
}

Colors that work with #374bbc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C7ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B579B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A2722A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D2763
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBEDF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141624
Dark-mode background
Hover#2F40A0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#273585
Two steps down
Disabled#A0A6C3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#344CD3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #374bbc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight52/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BCA837
Analogous left#378DBC
Analogous right#6537BC
Split-complement 1#BC6537
Split-complement 2#8DBC37
Triadic 1#BC374B
Triadic 2#4BBC37
Tetradic#BC378D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°231°

#374bbc sits at 231°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red21.6%
Green29.4%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
55
0x37
G · 0–255
75
0x4b
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan70.7%
Magenta60.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 157%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#374bbc text on a black background

contrast 2.90:1

Card sample

#374bbc text on a white background

contrast 7.25:1

Card sample

#374bbc on grey

6.62:1

#374bbc on its own surface

6.66:1

#374bbc on its dark surface

2.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #374bbc;
Background color
Panel with #374bbc background
background-color: #374bbc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #374bbc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(55, 75, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(55, 75, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #374bbc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #374bbc, #7C37BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #374bbc, #9D37BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #374bbc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #374bbc;
caret-color: #374bbc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #374bbc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBEDF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #374bbc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#374bbc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #374bbc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(55, 75, 188, 0.5)
rgb(55 75 188 / 50%)
#374bbc80
hsl(231 55% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #374bbc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#374bbc1a#EBEDF8
20%#374bbc33#D7DBF2
40%#374bbc66#AFB7E4
60%#374bbc99#8793D7
80%#374bbccc#5F6FC9

Gradients from #374bbc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6071D0, #374bbc 45%, #1D2763);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #374bbc, #7630A4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #374bbc, #BCA837);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7786D7 0%, #374bbc 45%, #1D2763 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #58AECE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8048C9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D2763 0%, transparent 65%), #374bbc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #374bbc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#374bbc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.90:1 — lift it to #5C6DCF for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#374bbc, answered

What color is #374bbc?

#374bbc is a balanced vivid blue, closest to Slate Blue (ΔE2000 8.9). It sits at 231° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #374bbc?

rgb(55, 75, 188) — 55 red, 75 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 21.6% / 29.4% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #374bbc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(231, 55%, 48%) and hsv(231, 71%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #374bbc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0948 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.25:1.

Should I use black or white text on #374bbc?

White. It scores 7.25:1 against #374bbc, versus 2.90:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #374bbc accessible on a white background?

#374bbc on white scores 7.25:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #374bbc?

#BCA837 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BC6537 and #8DBC37, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #374bbc?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C7ED for borders, #4B579B for secondary text, #A2722A as an accent and #1D2763 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #378DBC and #6537BC stays calm, while #BCA837 is the loudest partner.

What is #374bbc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(71%, 60%, 0%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #374bbc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 88 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #5437BC; nudged cooler, #3563BE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #374bbc?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 12.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #374bbc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #374bbc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#374bbc] or text-[#374bbc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #374bbc with 50% opacity?

rgba(55, 75, 188, 0.5), or #374bbc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9BA5DE; over black, #1C265E.

Is #374bbc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3333CC, ΔE2000 6.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #374bbc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #374bbc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #6071D0, #374bbc 45%, #1D2763). For more colour, a short hue run to #7630A4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #374bbc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #374bbc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.