#272D80#272D80

#272D80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.138 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D80
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 26.30, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 54.45, 298.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0087 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.138 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6701, 3.8661, 20.8653)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D80 #807A27

analogous

#275980 #272D80 #4D2780

triadic

#272D80 #80272D #2D8027

tetradic

#272D80 #802759 #807A27 #27804D

square

#272D80 #802759 #807A27 #27804D

split-complementary

#272D80 #804D27 #598027

monochromatic

#0A0C22 #191D51 #272D80 #353DAF #565ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#272D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#272D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D80

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D80	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.138 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a6',
    500: '#272d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d80;
$custom-light: #6d66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.955,
    "s": 53.293,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34873,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D80

secondary

#B0AA53

accent

#D34BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D80

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

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