#2C27B8#2C27B8

#2C27B8 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.215 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C27B8
RGB	rgb(44, 39, 184)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(242, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 49.72, -74.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 89.23, 303.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0094 -0.2144)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.215 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4131, 5.4461, 45.8405)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C27B8 #B3B827

analogous

#276AB8 #2C27B8 #7427B8

triadic

#2C27B8 #B82C27 #27B82C

tetradic

#2C27B8 #B8276A #B3B827 #27B874

square

#2C27B8 #B8276A #B3B827 #27B874

split-complementary

#2C27B8 #B87427 #6AB827

monochromatic

#141253 #201C86 #2C27B8 #4A45D8 #7B77E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#2C27B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#2C27B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C27B8

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C27B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C27B8	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c27b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 39, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.215 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64cf',
    500: '#2c27b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c27b8;
$custom-light: #7d64cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c27b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40065,
    "c": 0.21462,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C27B8

secondary

#C7CA71

accent

#E840E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C27B8

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

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