#272D8B#272D8B

#272D8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D8B
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 30.36, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 61.01, 299.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0079 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.153 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.4337, 4.1716, 24.8872)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D8B #8B8527

analogous

#275F8B #272D8B #53278B

triadic

#272D8B #8B272D #2D8B27

tetradic

#272D8B #8B275F #8B8527 #278B53

square

#272D8B #8B275F #8B8527 #278B53

split-complementary

#272D8B #8B5327 #5F8B27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1E5B #272D8B #343CBB #5B62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#272D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D8B

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D8B	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7066ae',
    500: '#272d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d8b;
$custom-light: #7066ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3592,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D8B

secondary

#B6B058

accent

#D648DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D8B

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

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