#271a5a

Color #271a5a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 14.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#271a5a

RGB

rgb(39, 26, 90)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 55.2%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 71.1%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(15, 25.29, -36.42)

LCH

lch(15, 44.34, 304.78)

OKLCH

oklch(27.8%, 0.109, 286.26)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 10.2%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d5a1a

Analogous

#1a2d5a

#271a5a

#471a5a

Triadic

#271a5a

#5a271a

#1a5a27

Split-complementary

#271a5a

#5a471a

#2d5a1a

Tetradic

#271a5a

#5a1a4d

#4d5a1a

#1a5a27

Square

#271a5a

#5a1a2d

#4d5a1a

#1a5a47

Shades

Color #271a5a mixed toward black.

#20164b

#1a113c

#130d2d

#0d091e

#06040f

Tints

Color #271a5a mixed toward white.

#3d298d

#5337c0

#7c66d3

#a899e2

#d3ccf0

Tones

Color #271a5a mixed toward gray.

#2a1f55

#2d254f

#302a4a

#342f45

#37353f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222250 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#23244d · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#264744 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #271a5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#271a5a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#271a5a (#271a5a) is rgb(39, 26, 90) in RGB.

No, #271a5a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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