#272C8F#272C8F

#272C8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.160 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C8F
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 32.47, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 64.02, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0082 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.16 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6936, 4.2152, 26.4421)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C8F #8F8A27

analogous

#27608F #272C8F #56278F

triadic

#272C8F #8F272C #2C8F27

tetradic

#272C8F #8F2760 #8F8A27 #278F56

square

#272C8F #8F2760 #8F8A27 #278F56

split-complementary

#272C8F #8F5627 #608F27

monochromatic

#0D0E2F #1A1D5F #272C8F #343BBF #5D63D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#272C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C8F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C8F	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.160 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b1',
    500: '#272c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c8f;
$custom-light: #7165b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.115,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36138,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C8F

secondary

#B8B45A

accent

#D947E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C8F

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

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