#272F8D#272F8D

#272F8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.153 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F8D
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 29.79, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 60.84, 299.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0063 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.153 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6593, 4.3868, 25.6899)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F8D #8D8527

analogous

#27628D #272F8D #52278D

triadic

#272F8D #8D272F #2F8D27

tetradic

#272F8D #8D2762 #8D8527 #278D52

square

#272F8D #8D2762 #8D8527 #278D52

split-complementary

#272F8D #8D5227 #628D27

monochromatic

#0C0F2D #1A1F5D #272F8D #343FBD #5C66D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#272F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F8D

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F8D	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.153 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067af',
    500: '#272f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f8d;
$custom-light: #7067af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36474,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F8D

secondary

#B7B059

accent

#D448E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F8D

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

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