#272C76#272C76

#272C76 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.125 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C76
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 118)
HSL	hsl(236, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 23.25, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 49.04, 298.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.01 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.125 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0063, 3.5403, 17.5555)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C76 #767127

analogous

#275376 #272C76 #492776

triadic

#272C76 #76272C #2C7627

tetradic

#272C76 #762753 #767127 #277649

square

#272C76 #762753 #767127 #277649

split-complementary

#272C76 #764927 #537627

monochromatic

#090A1A #181B48 #272C76 #363DA4 #5259C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#272C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#272C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C76

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C76	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.125 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b659e',
    500: '#272c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c76;
$custom-light: #6b659e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.203,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33766,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C76

secondary

#A8A351

accent

#D14EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C76

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

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