#27809d

Color #27809d

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#27809d

RGB

rgb(39, 128, 157)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 60.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 75.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(49.86, -15.87, -23)

LCH

lch(49.86, 27.94, 235.39)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.0924, 224.21)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 15.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d4427

Analogous

#279d7f

#27809d

#27459d

Triadic

#27809d

#9d2780

#809d27

Split-complementary

#27809d

#9d2745

#9d7f27

Tetradic

#27809d

#44279d

#9d4427

#809d27

Square

#27809d

#7f279d

#9d4427

#459d27

Shades

Color #27809d mixed toward black.

#206b83

#1a5569

#13404e

#0d2b34

#06151a

Tints

Color #27809d mixed toward white.

#31a2c7

#57b6d5

#81c9e0

#abdbea

#d5edf5

Tones

Color #27809d mixed toward gray.

#317b93

#3b7689

#44717f

#4e6c76

#58676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c97 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#564f95 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#309190 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #27809d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#27809d]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#27809d (#27809d) is rgb(39, 128, 157) in RGB.

No, #27809d 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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