#272A79#272A79

#272A79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.132 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A79
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(238, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 25.73, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 52.29, 299.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0117 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.132 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1147, 3.4673, 18.4852)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A79 #797627

analogous

#275379 #272A79 #4D2779

triadic

#272A79 #79272A #2A7927

tetradic

#272A79 #792753 #797627 #27794D

square

#272A79 #792753 #797627 #27794D

split-complementary

#272A79 #794D27 #537927

monochromatic

#090A1C #181A4B #272A79 #363AA7 #5357C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#272A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#272A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A79

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A79	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.132 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c63a0',
    500: '#272a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a79;
$custom-light: #6c63a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.805,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33653,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A79

secondary

#ABA851

accent

#D64DDB

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF3

border

#C7C6CD

text

#08050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A79

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

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