#272A4E#272A4E

#272A4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.065 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A4E
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(235, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(235, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 46.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 9.88, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 24.71, 293.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.14% 0.0092 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(30.14% 0.065 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.0394, 2.6372, 7.5551)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A4E #4E4B27

analogous

#273D4E #272A4E #37274E

triadic

#272A4E #4E272A #2A4E27

tetradic

#272A4E #4E273D #4E4B27 #274E37

square

#272A4E #4E273D #4E4B27 #274E37

split-complementary

#272A4E #4E3727 #3D4E27

monochromatic

#0A0B14 #131425 #272A4E #3B4077 #5056A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#272A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#272A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A4E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A4E	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.065 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646380',
    500: '#272a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a4e;
$custom-light: #646380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30141,
    "c": 0.06469,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A4E

secondary

#817D50

accent

#C15EC9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A4E

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

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