#272E76#272E76

#272E76 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.122 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E76
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 118)
HSL	hsl(235, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(235, 67%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 61%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 21.87, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 47.62, 297.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0081 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.122 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0826, 3.6929, 17.5810)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E76 #766F27

analogous

#275576 #272E76 #472776

triadic

#272E76 #76272E #2E7627

tetradic

#272E76 #762755 #766F27 #277647

square

#272E76 #762755 #766F27 #277647

split-complementary

#272E76 #764727 #557627

monochromatic

#090A1A #181C48 #272E76 #3640A4 #525CC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#272E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#272E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E76

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E76	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.122 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b669e',
    500: '#272e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e76;
$custom-light: #6b669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.684,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34165,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E76

secondary

#A8A051

accent

#CD4EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E76

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

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