#272D7D#272D7D

#272D7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.134 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D7D
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 125)
HSL	hsl(236, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 64%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 25.18, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 52.63, 298.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0089 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.134 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4755, 3.7883, 19.8407)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D7D #7D7727

analogous

#27587D #272D7D #4C277D

triadic

#272D7D #7D272D #2D7D27

tetradic

#272D7D #7D2758 #7D7727 #277D4C

square

#272D7D #7D2758 #7D7727 #277D4C

split-complementary

#272D7D #7D4C27 #587D27

monochromatic

#0A0B20 #181C4E #272D7D #363EAC #555DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#272D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#272D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D7D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D7D	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.134 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a3',
    500: '#272d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d7d;
$custom-light: #6d66a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.814,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34596,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D7D

secondary

#AFA851

accent

#D24CDC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D7D

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

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