#272C72#272C72

#272C72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.119 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C72
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(236, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(236, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 21.75, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 46.56, 297.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0101 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.119 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7736, 3.4472, 16.3301)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C72 #726D27

analogous

#275272 #272C72 #472772

triadic

#272C72 #72272C #2C7227

tetradic

#272C72 #722752 #726D27 #277247

square

#272C72 #722752 #726D27 #277247

split-complementary

#272C72 #724727 #527227

monochromatic

#080917 #171A44 #272C72 #373EA0 #5058C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#272C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#272C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C72

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C72	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.119 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a659b',
    500: '#272c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c72;
$custom-light: #6a659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33411,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C72

secondary

#A49F50

accent

#CF4FD9

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C72

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

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