#272E72#272E72

#272E72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.116 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E72
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(234, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 59.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 20.36, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 45.13, 296.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0081 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.116 274)
XYZ	xyz(4.8500, 3.5998, 16.3556)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E72 #726B27

analogous

#275472 #272E72 #452772

triadic

#272E72 #72272E #2E7227

tetradic

#272E72 #722754 #726B27 #277245

square

#272E72 #722754 #726B27 #277245

split-complementary

#272E72 #724527 #547227

monochromatic

#080917 #171C44 #272E72 #3740A0 #505BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#272E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#272E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E72

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E72	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.116 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a669b',
    500: '#272e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e72;
$custom-light: #6a669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.4,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33819,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E72

secondary

#A49D50

accent

#CC4FD9

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E72

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

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