#272C8D#272C8D

#272C8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.157 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8D
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 31.74, -54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 62.86, 300.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0084 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.157 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5435, 4.1551, 25.6513)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8D #8D8827

analogous

#275F8D #272C8D #55278D

triadic

#272C8D #8D272C #2C8D27

tetradic

#272C8D #8D275F #8D8827 #278D55

square

#272C8D #8D275F #8D8827 #278D55

split-complementary

#272C8D #8D5527 #5F8D27

monochromatic

#0C0E2D #1A1D5D #272C8D #343BBD #5C62D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#272C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.157 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165af',
    500: '#272c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8d;
$custom-light: #7165af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3594,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8D

secondary

#B7B359

accent

#D848E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8D

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

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