#272C7E#272C7E

#272C7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.136 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C7E
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(237, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 26.23, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 53.94, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0097 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.136 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5020, 3.7386, 20.1663)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C7E #7E7927

analogous

#27577E #272C7E #4E277E

triadic

#272C7E #7E272C #2C7E27

tetradic

#272C7E #7E2757 #7E7927 #277E4E

square

#272C7E #7E2757 #7E7927 #277E4E

split-complementary

#272C7E #7E4E27 #577E27

monochromatic

#0A0B21 #191C4F #272C7E #353CAD #555CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#272C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#272C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C7E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C7E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.136 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d65a4',
    500: '#272c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c7e;
$custom-light: #6d65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.552,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C7E

secondary

#AFAA52

accent

#D44CDC

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C7E

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

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