#272D8F#272D8F

#272D8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.159 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D8F
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 143)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 31.82, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 63.36, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0075 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.159 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7313, 4.2906, 26.4547)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D8F #8F8927

analogous

#27618F #272D8F #55278F

triadic

#272D8F #8F272D #2D8F27

tetradic

#272D8F #8F2761 #8F8927 #278F55

square

#272D8F #8F2761 #8F8927 #278F55

split-complementary

#272D8F #8F5527 #618F27

monochromatic

#0D0F2F #1A1E5F #272D8F #343CBF #5D64D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#272D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#272D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D8F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D8F	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.159 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7166b1',
    500: '#272d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d8f;
$custom-light: #7166b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36312,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D8F

secondary

#B8B35A

accent

#D847E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D8F

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

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