#272C80#272C80

#272C80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.139 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C80
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(237, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(237, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 26.97, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 55.14, 299.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0095 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.139 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6324, 3.7907, 20.8527)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C80 #807B27

analogous

#275980 #272C80 #4E2780

triadic

#272C80 #80272C #2C8027

tetradic

#272C80 #802759 #807B27 #27804E

square

#272C80 #802759 #807B27 #27804E

split-complementary

#272C80 #804E27 #598027

monochromatic

#0A0C22 #191C51 #272C80 #353CAF #565DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#272C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#272C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C80

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C80	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.139 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65a6',
    500: '#272c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c80;
$custom-light: #6e65a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.629,
    "s": 53.293,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34685,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C80

secondary

#B0AB53

accent

#D54BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C80

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

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