Palatinate Blue (#273BE2)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.47:1 — vs black: 2.81:1

Color values

  • HEX #273BE2
  • RGB rgb(39, 59, 226)
  • HSL hsl(233, 82%, 88%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 82.74, 73.89, 0, 11.37 )
  • Websafe #3333CC

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #273BE2 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#E2CE27
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#2798E2
#7127E2
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#E2273B
#3BE227
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#E27127
#98E227
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#E22798
#E2CE27
#27E271
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Palatinate Blue
#273BE2 Base
#0D1663
#1626A6
#1B2DC6
#4B5CE7
#6A78EB
#AEB5F4
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Palatinate Blue, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#030516
#090F41
#0E186B
#142295
#1A2BBF
Palatinate Blue #273BE2 Base
#4E5EE7
#7481EC
#9BA4F2
#C2C7F7
#E9EBFC
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #273BE2. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #273BE2;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #273BE2;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #273BE2;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #273BE2,
        #FAF5CA
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #273BE2,
        #FAF5CA
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$palatinate-blue: #273BE2;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$palatinate-blue-r: 39;
$palatinate-blue-g: 59;
$palatinate-blue-b: 226;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $palatinate-blue;
    color: rgba($palatinate-blue-r, $palatinate-blue-g, $palatinate-blue-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Palatinate Blue appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #273BE2 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #3636E2 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #3939E2 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #006666 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #555555 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Palatinate Blue ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Palatinate Blue #273BE2 Base
Blue (RYB) #0247FE ΔE 4.70
Bluebonnet #1C1CF0 ΔE 5.24
Persian Blue #1C39BB ΔE 5.35
Han Purple #5218FA ΔE 6.47

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.