#272C84#272C84

#272C84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.145 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C84
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 132)
HSL	hsl(237, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(237, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 28.45, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 57.54, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0092 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.145 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9009, 3.8981, 22.2668)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C84 #847F27

analogous

#275A84 #272C84 #502784

triadic

#272C84 #84272C #2C8427

tetradic

#272C84 #84275A #847F27 #278450

square

#272C84 #84275A #847F27 #278450

split-complementary

#272C84 #845027 #5A8427

monochromatic

#0B0D26 #191C55 #272C84 #353CB3 #585ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#272C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#272C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C84

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C84	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.145 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65a9',
    500: '#272c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c84;
$custom-light: #6f65a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.774,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35064,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C84

secondary

#B2AD54

accent

#D64ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C84

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

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