#27238D#27238D

#27238D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.167 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27238D
RGB	rgb(39, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 37.33, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 68.63, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.014 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.167 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2439, 3.5559, 25.5514)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27238D #898D23

analogous

#23548D #27238D #5C238D

triadic

#27238D #8D2723 #238D27

tetradic

#27238D #8D2354 #898D23 #238D5C

square

#27238D #8D2354 #898D23 #238D5C

split-complementary

#27238D #8D5C23 #548D23

monochromatic

#0C0B2B #19175C #27238D #352FBE #5A55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#27238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#27238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27238D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27238D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.167 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725faf',
    500: '#27238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27238d;
$custom-light: #725faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3448,
    "c": 0.16712,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27238D

secondary

#B5B953

accent

#E344DD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #27238D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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