#272C8A#272C8A

#272C8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.153 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8A
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 30.65, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 61.10, 300.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0087 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.153 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3233, 4.0671, 24.4916)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8A #8A8527

analogous

#275D8A #272C8A #54278A

triadic

#272C8A #8A272C #2C8A27

tetradic

#272C8A #8A275D #8A8527 #278A54

square

#272C8A #8A275D #8A8527 #278A54

split-complementary

#272C8A #8A5427 #5D8A27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1D5A #272C8A #343BBA #5B61D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#272C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#272C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8A	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.153 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065ad',
    500: '#272c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8a;
$custom-light: #7065ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.97,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35645,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8A

secondary

#B6B157

accent

#D849DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8A

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

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