#27538B#27538B

#27538B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.105 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27538B
RGB	rgb(39, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(214, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 4.69, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 35.89, 277.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% -0.026 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.105 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5885, 8.4810, 25.6055)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27538B #8B5F27

analogous

#27858B #27538B #2D278B

triadic

#27538B #8B2753 #538B27

tetradic

#27538B #8B2785 #8B5F27 #278B2D

square

#27538B #8B2785 #8B5F27 #278B2D

split-complementary

#27538B #8B2D27 #858B27

monochromatic

#0C1A2B #1A365B #27538B #3470BB #5B8FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#27538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#27538B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27538B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27538B	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39578D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.105 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e82ad',
    500: '#27538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27538b;
$custom-light: #6e82ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44042,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27538B

secondary

#B68D58

accent

#9D48DF

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #27538B

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

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