#272D81#272D81

#272D81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.139 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D81
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 129)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 26.67, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 55.05, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0087 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.139 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7362, 3.8926, 21.2137)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D81 #817B27

analogous

#275A81 #272D81 #4E2781

triadic

#272D81 #81272D #2D8127

tetradic

#272D81 #81275A #817B27 #27814E

square

#272D81 #81275A #817B27 #27814E

split-complementary

#272D81 #814E27 #5A8127

monochromatic

#0B0C23 #191D52 #272D81 #353DB0 #565ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#272D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#272D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D81

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D81	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.139 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66a6',
    500: '#272d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d81;
$custom-light: #6e66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34966,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D81

secondary

#B1AB53

accent

#D34BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D81

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

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