#271cce

Color #271cce

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#271cce

RGB

rgb(39, 28, 206)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 76.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 86.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.1%, 86.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(28.69, 60.9, -85.85)

LCH

lch(28.69, 105.26, 305.35)

OKLCH

oklch(41.2%, 0.2483, 270.23)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 11%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3ce1c

Analogous

#1c6ace

#271cce

#801cce

Triadic

#271cce

#ce271c

#1cce27

Split-complementary

#271cce

#ce801c

#6ace1c

Tetradic

#271cce

#ce1cc3

#c3ce1c

#1cce27

Square

#271cce

#ce1c6a

#c3ce1c

#1cce80

Shades

Color #271cce mixed toward black.

#2017ac

#1a1389

#130e67

#0d0945

#060522

Tints

Color #271cce mixed toward white.

#3f35e4

#665de9

#8c86ef

#b2aef4

#d9d7fa

Tones

Color #271cce mixed toward gray.

#342bbf

#413ab0

#4e49a2

#5b5793

#686684

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.14:1

White text reads better on this background (9.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2323b7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#2324b0 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#27a19b · ΔE 48.7

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #271cce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#271cce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#271cce (#271cce) is rgb(39, 28, 206) in RGB.

No, #271cce 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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