#272C8C#272C8C

#272C8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.156 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8C
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 31.38, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 62.27, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0085 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.156 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4694, 4.1255, 25.2612)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8C #8C8727

analogous

#275E8C #272C8C #55278C

triadic

#272C8C #8C272C #2C8C27

tetradic

#272C8C #8C275E #8C8727 #278C55

square

#272C8C #8C275E #8C8727 #278C55

split-complementary

#272C8C #8C5527 #5E8C27

monochromatic

#0C0E2C #1A1D5C #272C8C #343BBC #5C62D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#272C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8C	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.156 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065af',
    500: '#272c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8c;
$custom-light: #7065af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.03,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35841,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8C

secondary

#B7B258

accent

#D848E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8C

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

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