#272E8A#272E8A

#272E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.150 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E8A
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 29.34, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 59.74, 299.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0073 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.15 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3996, 4.2197, 24.5170)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E8A #8A8327

analogous

#275F8A #272E8A #52278A

triadic

#272E8A #8A272E #2E8A27

tetradic

#272E8A #8A275F #8A8327 #278A52

square

#272E8A #8A275F #8A8327 #278A52

split-complementary

#272E8A #8A5227 #5F8A27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1E5A #272E8A #343EBA #5B63D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#272E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E8A

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E8A	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.150 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067ad',
    500: '#272e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e8a;
$custom-light: #7067ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.758,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36004,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E8A

secondary

#B6AF57

accent

#D549DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E8A

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

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