#272C78#272C78

#272C78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.128 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C78
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 24.00, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 50.28, 298.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0099 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.128 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1264, 3.5883, 18.1881)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C78 #787327

analogous

#275478 #272C78 #4A2778

triadic

#272C78 #78272C #2C7827

tetradic

#272C78 #782754 #787327 #27784A

square

#272C78 #782754 #787327 #27784A

split-complementary

#272C78 #784A27 #547827

monochromatic

#090A1C #181B4A #272C78 #363DA6 #525AC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#272C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#272C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C78

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C78	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.128 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a0',
    500: '#272c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c78;
$custom-light: #6c65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.296,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33946,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C78

secondary

#AAA551

accent

#D24DDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C78

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

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