#272D8A#272D8A

#272D8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.152 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D8A
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 30.00, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 60.42, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.008 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.152 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.3610, 4.1425, 24.5042)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D8A #8A8427

analogous

#275E8A #272D8A #53278A

triadic

#272D8A #8A272D #2D8A27

tetradic

#272D8A #8A275E #8A8427 #278A53

square

#272D8A #8A275E #8A8427 #278A53

split-complementary

#272D8A #8A5327 #5E8A27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1D5A #272D8A #343DBA #5B62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#272D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D8A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D8A	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.152 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7066ad',
    500: '#272d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d8a;
$custom-light: #7066ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35823,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D8A

secondary

#B6B057

accent

#D649DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D8A

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

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