#272D83#272D83

#272D83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.142 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D83
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 131)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 27.41, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 56.26, 299.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0085 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.142 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8705, 3.9463, 21.9207)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D83 #837D27

analogous

#275B83 #272D83 #4F2783

triadic

#272D83 #83272D #2D8327

tetradic

#272D83 #83275B #837D27 #27834F

square

#272D83 #83275B #837D27 #27834F

split-complementary

#272D83 #834F27 #5B8327

monochromatic

#0B0D25 #191D54 #272D83 #353DB2 #575FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#272D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D83

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D83	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.142 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66a8',
    500: '#272d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d83;
$custom-light: #6e66a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 54.118,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35154,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D83

secondary

#B2AC54

accent

#D44ADD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D83

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

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