#272D8D#272D8D

#272D8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.156 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D8D
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 31.09, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 62.19, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0077 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.156 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5812, 4.2306, 25.6639)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D8D #8D8727

analogous

#27608D #272D8D #54278D

triadic

#272D8D #8D272D #2D8D27

tetradic

#272D8D #8D2760 #8D8727 #278D54

square

#272D8D #8D2760 #8D8727 #278D54

split-complementary

#272D8D #8D5427 #608D27

monochromatic

#0C0E2D #1A1E5D #272D8D #343CBD #5C63D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#272D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D8D

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D8D	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.156 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7166af',
    500: '#272d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d8d;
$custom-light: #7166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36115,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D8D

secondary

#B7B259

accent

#D748E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D8D

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

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