#272C8B#272C8B

#272C8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.154 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8B
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 31.02, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 61.68, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0086 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.154 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3960, 4.0962, 24.8747)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8B #8B8627

analogous

#275E8B #272C8B #54278B

triadic

#272C8B #8B272C #2C8B27

tetradic

#272C8B #8B275E #8B8627 #278B54

square

#272C8B #8B275E #8B8627 #278B54

split-complementary

#272C8B #8B5427 #5E8B27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1D5B #272C8B #343BBB #5B61D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#272C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.154 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065ae',
    500: '#272c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8b;
$custom-light: #7065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35743,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8B

secondary

#B6B158

accent

#D848DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8B

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

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