#272F8E#272F8E

#272F8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.155 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F8E
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 142)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 30.15, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 61.43, 299.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.0062 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.155 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7341, 4.4167, 26.0836)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F8E #8E8627

analogous

#27628E #272F8E #52278E

triadic

#272F8E #8E272F #2F8E27

tetradic

#272F8E #8E2762 #8E8627 #278E52

square

#272F8E #8E2762 #8E8627 #278E52

split-complementary

#272F8E #8E5227 #628E27

monochromatic

#0D0F2E #1A1F5E #272F8E #343FBE #5D66D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#272F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F8E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F8E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.155 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b0',
    500: '#272f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f8e;
$custom-light: #7167b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.34,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3657,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F8E

secondary

#B8B059

accent

#D448E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F8E

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

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