#272C81#272C81

#272C81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.141 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C81
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(237, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(237, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 27.34, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 55.75, 299.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0095 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.141 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6985, 3.8172, 21.2011)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C81 #817C27

analogous

#275981 #272C81 #4F2781

triadic

#272C81 #81272C #2C8127

tetradic

#272C81 #812759 #817C27 #27814F

square

#272C81 #812759 #817C27 #27814F

split-complementary

#272C81 #814F27 #598127

monochromatic

#0B0C23 #191C52 #272C81 #353CB0 #565DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#272C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#272C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C81

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C81	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.141 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65a6',
    500: '#272c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c81;
$custom-light: #6e65a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34779,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C81

secondary

#B1AC53

accent

#D54BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C81

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

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