#272E8D#272E8D

#272E8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.155 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E8D
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 30.44, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 61.51, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.007 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.155 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6198, 4.3078, 25.6768)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E8D #8D8627

analogous

#27618D #272E8D #53278D

triadic

#272E8D #8D272E #2E8D27

tetradic

#272E8D #8D2761 #8D8627 #278D53

square

#272E8D #8D2761 #8D8627 #278D53

split-complementary

#272E8D #8D5327 #618D27

monochromatic

#0C0F2D #1A1E5D #272E8D #343EBD #5C64D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#272E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#272E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E8D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E8D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.155 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067af',
    500: '#272e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e8d;
$custom-light: #7067af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36293,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E8D

secondary

#B7B159

accent

#D648E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E8D

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

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