#273B96#273B96

#273B96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.151 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#273B96
RGB	rgb(39, 59, 150)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 60.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 25.14, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 57.97, 295.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% -0.0029 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.151 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9038, 5.7604, 29.5436)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#273B96 #968227

analogous

#277396 #273B96 #4B2796

triadic

#273B96 #96273B #3B9627

tetradic

#273B96 #962773 #968227 #27964B

square

#273B96 #962773 #968227 #27964B

split-complementary

#273B96 #964B27 #739627

monochromatic

#0E1535 #1A2865 #273B96 #344EC7 #6176D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#273B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#273B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #273B96

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##273B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##273B96	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #273b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 59, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.151 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7270b6',
    500: '#273b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #273b96;
$custom-light: #7270b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#273b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.189,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39587,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#273B96

secondary

#BCAB5D

accent

#C646E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #273B96

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

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