#272371#272371

#272371 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.130 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272371
RGB	rgb(39, 35, 113)
HSL	hsl(243, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 69%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 27.48, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 52.28, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.0186 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.13 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4174, 2.8253, 15.9321)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272371 #6D7123

analogous

#234671 #272371 #4E2371

triadic

#272371 #712723 #237127

tetradic

#272371 #712346 #6D7123 #23714E

square

#272371 #712346 #6D7123 #23714E

split-complementary

#272371 #714E23 #467123

monochromatic

#080717 #171542 #272371 #3731A0 #4F48C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#272371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#272371 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272371

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272371	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 35, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.130 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5e9b',
    500: '#272371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272371;
$custom-light: #6b5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.077,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31606,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272371

secondary

#A0A44C

accent

#DC4CD5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272371

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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