#273C96#273C96

#273C96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.150 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#273C96
RGB	rgb(39, 60, 150)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 60%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 24.46, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 57.29, 295.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% -0.0037 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.15 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9557, 5.8642, 29.5609)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#273C96 #968127

analogous

#277396 #273C96 #4A2796

triadic

#273C96 #96273C #3C9627

tetradic

#273C96 #962773 #968127 #27964A

square

#273C96 #962773 #968127 #27964A

split-complementary

#273C96 #964A27 #739627

monochromatic

#0E1535 #1A2965 #273C96 #344FC7 #6177D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#273C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#273C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #273C96

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##273C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##273C96	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #273c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 60, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.150 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7171b6',
    500: '#273c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #273c96;
$custom-light: #7171b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#273c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39786,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#273C96

secondary

#BCAA5D

accent

#C446E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #273C96

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

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