#27279B#27279B

#27279B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.181 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27279B
RGB	rgb(39, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(240, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 39.77, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 73.99, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0093 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.181 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4766, 4.2482, 31.4299)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27279B #9B9B27

analogous

#27619B #27279B #61279B

triadic

#27279B #9B2727 #279B27

tetradic

#27279B #9B2761 #9B9B27 #279B61

square

#27279B #9B2761 #9B9B27 #279B61

split-complementary

#27279B #9B6127 #619B27

monochromatic

#0E0E39 #1B1B6A #27279B #3333CC #6464D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#27279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#27279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27279B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27279B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.181 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7563ba',
    500: '#27279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27279b;
$custom-light: #7563ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36581,
    "c": 0.18077,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27279B

secondary

#BEBE60

accent

#E345E3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #27279B

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

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