#273E96#273E96

#273E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.147 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#273E96
RGB	rgb(39, 62, 150)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(228, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 58.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 23.11, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 55.92, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% -0.0052 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.147 268)
XYZ	xyz(8.0624, 6.0777, 29.5965)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#273E96 #967F27

analogous

#277596 #273E96 #482796

triadic

#273E96 #96273E #3E9627

tetradic

#273E96 #962775 #967F27 #279648

square

#273E96 #962775 #967F27 #279648

split-complementary

#273E96 #964827 #759627

monochromatic

#0E1635 #1A2A65 #273E96 #3452C7 #617AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#273E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#273E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #273E96

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##273E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##273E96	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #273e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 62, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.147 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7172b6',
    500: '#273e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #273e96;
$custom-light: #7172b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#273e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.568,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40189,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.06079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#273E96

secondary

#BCA85D

accent

#C246E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #273E96

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

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