#2B27BD#2B27BD

#2B27BD is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.221 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B27BD
RGB	rgb(43, 39, 189)
HSL	hsl(242, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(242, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 51.23, -76.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 91.83, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0071 -0.2206)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.221 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9040, 5.6376, 48.6477)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B27BD #B9BD27

analogous

#276EBD #2B27BD #7627BD

triadic

#2B27BD #BD2B27 #27BD2B

tetradic

#2B27BD #BD276E #B9BD27 #27BD76

square

#2B27BD #BD276E #B9BD27 #27BD76

split-complementary

#2B27BD #BD7627 #6EBD27

monochromatic

#141258 #1F1D8A #2B27BD #4C48D9 #7E7BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#2B27BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#2B27BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B27BD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B27BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B27BD	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b27bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 39, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.221 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65d2',
    500: '#2b27bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b27bd;
$custom-light: #7e65d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b27bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40571,
    "c": 0.2207,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B27BD

secondary

#C9CC74

accent

#E93FE4

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B27BD

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

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