#272A8A#272A8A

#272A8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.155 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A8A
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 31.95, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 62.44, 300.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0101 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.155 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2506, 3.9216, 24.4674)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A8A #8A8727

analogous

#275B8A #272A8A #56278A

triadic

#272A8A #8A272A #2A8A27

tetradic

#272A8A #8A275B #8A8727 #278A56

square

#272A8A #8A275B #8A8727 #278A56

split-complementary

#272A8A #8A5627 #5B8A27

monochromatic

#0C0D2B #1A1B5A #272A8A #3439BA #5B5ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#272A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#272A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A8A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A8A	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.155 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064ad',
    500: '#272a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a8a;
$custom-light: #7064ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35296,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A8A

secondary

#B6B357

accent

#DB49DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A8A

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

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