#272A8D#272A8D

#272A8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A8D
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 33.03, -55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 64.18, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0097 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.159 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4708, 4.0097, 25.6271)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A8D #8D8A27

analogous

#275D8D #272A8D #57278D

triadic

#272A8D #8D272A #2A8D27

tetradic

#272A8D #8D275D #8D8A27 #278D57

square

#272A8D #8D275D #8D8A27 #278D57

split-complementary

#272A8D #8D5727 #5D8D27

monochromatic

#0C0D2D #1A1C5D #272A8D #3438BD #5C60D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#272A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A8D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A8D	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7164af',
    500: '#272a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a8d;
$custom-light: #7164af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35597,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A8D

secondary

#B7B459

accent

#DB48E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A8D

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

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