#273ba5

Color #273ba5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 16.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#273ba5

RGB

rgb(39, 59, 165)

HSL

hsl(230.5, 61.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.5, 76.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(30.1, 30.8, -59.23)

LCH

lch(30.1, 66.76, 297.47)

OKLCH

oklch(40.9%, 0.1713, 268.96)

HWB

hwb(230.5, 15.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a59127

Analogous

#277aa5

#273ba5

#5227a5

Triadic

#273ba5

#a5273b

#3ba527

Split-complementary

#273ba5

#a55227

#7aa527

Tetradic

#273ba5

#9127a5

#a59127

#3ba527

Square

#273ba5

#a5277a

#a59127

#27a552

Shades

Color #273ba5 mixed toward black.

#20318a

#1a276e

#131d53

#0d1437

#060a1c

Tints

Color #273ba5 mixed toward white.

#314ace

#5a6ed8

#8392e2

#acb6ec

#d6dbf5

Tones

Color #273ba5 mixed toward gray.

#31429b

#3c4990

#465086

#51587b

#5b5f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.26:1

White text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#313194 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#302e8f · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#288481 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 26.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #273ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#273ba5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#273ba5 (#273ba5) is rgb(39, 59, 165) in RGB.

No, #273ba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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