#272C8E#272C8E

#272C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.158 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8E
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 32.11, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 63.44, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0083 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.158 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.6182, 4.1850, 26.0449)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8E #8E8927

analogous

#27608E #272C8E #55278E

triadic

#272C8E #8E272C #2C8E27

tetradic

#272C8E #8E2760 #8E8927 #278E55

square

#272C8E #8E2760 #8E8927 #278E55

split-complementary

#272C8E #8E5527 #608E27

monochromatic

#0D0E2E #1A1D5E #272C8E #343BBE #5D63D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#272C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.158 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b0',
    500: '#272c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8e;
$custom-light: #7165b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.087,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36039,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8E

secondary

#B8B359

accent

#D948E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8E

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

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