#272C5E#272C5E

#272C5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.088 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C5E
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 94)
HSL	hsl(235, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(235, 59%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 14.26, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 33.81, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.009 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.088 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7571, 3.0406, 10.9764)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C5E #5E5927

analogous

#27475E #272C5E #3D275E

triadic

#272C5E #5E272C #2C5E27

tetradic

#272C5E #5E2747 #5E5927 #275E3D

square

#272C5E #5E2747 #5E5927 #275E3D

split-complementary

#272C5E #5E3D27 #475E27

monochromatic

#090A16 #151833 #272C5E #394089 #4B55B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#272C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#272C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C5E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C5E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C3740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.088 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66648c',
    500: '#272c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c5e;
$custom-light: #66648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 41.353,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31762,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C5E

secondary

#918B50

accent

#C657D1

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050C

muted

#7A7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C5E

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

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