#2827AE#2827AE

#2827AE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.204 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2827AE
RGB	rgb(40, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 46.21, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 84.19, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0068 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.204 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2380, 4.9571, 40.5061)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2827AE #ADAE27

analogous

#276AAE #2827AE #6B27AE

triadic

#2827AE #AE2827 #27AE28

tetradic

#2827AE #AE276A #ADAE27 #27AE6B

square

#2827AE #AE276A #ADAE27 #27AE6B

split-complementary

#2827AE #AE6B27 #6AAE27

monochromatic

#11114A #1D1C7C #2827AE #3F3ED4 #7170DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#2827AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#2827AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2827AE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2827AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2827AE	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2827ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.204 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a64c8',
    500: '#2827ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2827ae;
$custom-light: #7a64c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2827ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38722,
    "c": 0.20382,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2827AE

secondary

#C5C66B

accent

#E641E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0513

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2827AE

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

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