#27238E#27238E

#27238E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.168 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27238E
RGB	rgb(39, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 37.67, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 69.19, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0138 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.168 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3186, 3.5858, 25.9451)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27238E #8A8E23

analogous

#23558E #27238E #5D238E

triadic

#27238E #8E2723 #238E27

tetradic

#27238E #8E2355 #8A8E23 #238E5D

square

#27238E #8E2355 #8A8E23 #238E5D

split-complementary

#27238E #8E5D23 #558E23

monochromatic

#0C0B2C #1A175D #27238E #342FBF #5B56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#27238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#27238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27238E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27238E	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.168 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725fb0',
    500: '#27238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27238e;
$custom-light: #725fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.243,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34588,
    "c": 0.1684,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27238E

secondary

#B6B953

accent

#E444DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #27238E

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

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