#272C79#272C79

#272C79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.129 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C79
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 24.37, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 50.89, 298.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0099 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.129 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1874, 3.6127, 18.5094)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C79 #797427

analogous

#275579 #272C79 #4B2779

triadic

#272C79 #79272C #2C7927

tetradic

#272C79 #792755 #797427 #27794B

square

#272C79 #792755 #797427 #27794B

split-complementary

#272C79 #794B27 #557927

monochromatic

#090A1C #181B4B #272C79 #363DA7 #535AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#272C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#272C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C79

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C79	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.129 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a0',
    500: '#272c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c79;
$custom-light: #6c65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.341,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34037,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C79

secondary

#ABA651

accent

#D24DDB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C79

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

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