#272F8F#272F8F

#272F8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.156 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F8F
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 143)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 30.52, -53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 62.01, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0061 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.156 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8095, 4.4469, 26.4807)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F8F #8F8727

analogous

#27638F #272F8F #53278F

triadic

#272F8F #8F272F #2F8F27

tetradic

#272F8F #8F2763 #8F8727 #278F53

square

#272F8F #8F2763 #8F8727 #278F53

split-complementary

#272F8F #8F5327 #638F27

monochromatic

#0D0F2F #1A1F5F #272F8F #343FBF #5D66D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#272F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F8F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F8F	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.156 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b1',
    500: '#272f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f8f;
$custom-light: #7167b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36666,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F8F

secondary

#B8B15A

accent

#D547E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F8F

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

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