#272D79#272D79

#272D79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.128 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D79
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 23.69, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 50.18, 298.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.009 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.128 274)
XYZ	xyz(5.2251, 3.6881, 18.5220)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D79 #797327

analogous

#275679 #272D79 #4A2779

triadic

#272D79 #79272D #2D7927

tetradic

#272D79 #792756 #797327 #27794A

square

#272D79 #792756 #797327 #27794A

split-complementary

#272D79 #794A27 #567927

monochromatic

#090B1C #181C4B #272D79 #363EA7 #535BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#272D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#272D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D79

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D79	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.128 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a0',
    500: '#272d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d79;
$custom-light: #6c66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34232,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.03689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D79

secondary

#ABA451

accent

#D04DDB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D79

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

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