#272E77#272E77

#272E77 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.123 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E77
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(235, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 22.25, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 48.24, 297.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0081 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.123 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1424, 3.7168, 17.8956)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E77 #777027

analogous

#275677 #272E77 #482777

triadic

#272E77 #77272E #2E7727

tetradic

#272E77 #772756 #777027 #277748

square

#272E77 #772756 #777027 #277748

split-complementary

#272E77 #774827 #567727

monochromatic

#090A1B #181C49 #272E77 #3640A5 #525CC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#272E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#272E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E77

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E77	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.123 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b669f',
    500: '#272e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e77;
$custom-light: #6b669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.75,
    "s": 50.633,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34253,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E77

secondary

#A9A151

accent

#CE4EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E77

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →