#272A8B#272A8B

#272A8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.157 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A8B
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 32.31, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 63.02, 300.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.01 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.157 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3233, 3.9507, 24.8504)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A8B #8B8827

analogous

#275C8B #272A8B #56278B

triadic

#272A8B #8B272A #2A8B27

tetradic

#272A8B #8B275C #8B8827 #278B56

square

#272A8B #8B275C #8B8827 #278B56

split-complementary

#272A8B #8B5627 #5C8B27

monochromatic

#0C0D2B #1A1C5B #272A8B #3438BB #5B5FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#272A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A8B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A8B	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.157 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064ae',
    500: '#272a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a8b;
$custom-light: #7064ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35396,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A8B

secondary

#B6B358

accent

#DB48DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A8B

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

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