#272E71#272E71

#272E71 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.115 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E71
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(234, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 19.98, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 44.51, 296.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.008 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.115 274)
XYZ	xyz(4.7933, 3.5772, 16.0574)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E71 #716A27

analogous

#275371 #272E71 #452771

triadic

#272E71 #71272E #2E7127

tetradic

#272E71 #712753 #716A27 #277145

square

#272E71 #712753 #716A27 #277145

split-complementary

#272E71 #714527 #537127

monochromatic

#080917 #171B44 #272E71 #37419E #505BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#272E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#272E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E71

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E71	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.115 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a669a',
    500: '#272e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e71;
$custom-light: #6a669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.324,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33734,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.03578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E71

secondary

#A39C50

accent

#CB50D8

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E71

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

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