#272D8E#272D8E

#272D8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D8E
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 31.46, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 62.77, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0076 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.157 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6559, 4.2604, 26.0575)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D8E #8E8827

analogous

#27608E #272D8E #54278E

triadic

#272D8E #8E272D #2D8E27

tetradic

#272D8E #8E2760 #8E8827 #278E54

square

#272D8E #8E2760 #8E8827 #278E54

split-complementary

#272D8E #8E5427 #608E27

monochromatic

#0D0F2E #1A1E5E #272D8E #343CBE #5D64D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#272D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D8E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D8E	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7166b0',
    500: '#272d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d8e;
$custom-light: #7166b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.505,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36213,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D8E

secondary

#B8B259

accent

#D748E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D8E

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

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