#272A7D#272A7D

#272A7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.137 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A7D
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 125)
HSL	hsl(238, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 27.20, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 54.72, 299.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0114 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.137 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3651, 3.5675, 19.8039)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A7D #7D7A27

analogous

#27557D #272A7D #4F277D

triadic

#272A7D #7D272A #2A7D27

tetradic

#272A7D #7D2755 #7D7A27 #277D4F

square

#272A7D #7D2755 #7D7A27 #277D4F

split-complementary

#272A7D #7D4F27 #557D27

monochromatic

#0A0B20 #181A4E #272A7D #363AAC #5559CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#272A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#272A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A7D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A7D	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.137 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d63a3',
    500: '#272a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a7d;
$custom-light: #6d63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.907,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34029,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A7D

secondary

#AFAB51

accent

#D74CDC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A7D

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

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