#272F8A#272F8A

#272F8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.149 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F8A
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 28.68, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 59.06, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0065 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.149 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4391, 4.2987, 24.5302)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F8A #8A8227

analogous

#27608A #272F8A #51278A

triadic

#272F8A #8A272F #2F8A27

tetradic

#272F8A #8A2760 #8A8227 #278A51

square

#272F8A #8A2760 #8A8227 #278A51

split-complementary

#272F8A #8A5127 #608A27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1F5A #272F8A #343FBA #5B64D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#272F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#272F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F8A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F8A	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.149 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067ad',
    500: '#272f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f8a;
$custom-light: #7067ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.152,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36187,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F8A

secondary

#B6AE57

accent

#D349DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F8A

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

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