#272A80#272A80

#272A80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.142 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A80
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 128)
HSL	hsl(238, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 28.31, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 56.52, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0112 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.142 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5597, 3.6453, 20.8285)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A80 #807D27

analogous

#275680 #272A80 #512780

triadic

#272A80 #80272A #2A8027

tetradic

#272A80 #802756 #807D27 #278051

square

#272A80 #802756 #807D27 #278051

split-complementary

#272A80 #805127 #568027

monochromatic

#0A0B22 #191B51 #272A80 #3539AF #565ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#272A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#272A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A80

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A80	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.142 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64a6',
    500: '#272a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a80;
$custom-light: #6e64a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.978,
    "s": 53.293,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34316,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A80

secondary

#B0AD53

accent

#D84BDD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A80

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

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