#272274

Color #272274

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#272274

RGB

rgb(39, 34, 116)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 54.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 70.7%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(19.37, 29.21, -46.34)

LCH

lch(19.37, 54.78, 302.22)

OKLCH

oklch(31.7%, 0.135, 278.14)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 13.3%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f7422

Analogous

#224674

#272274

#502274

Triadic

#272274

#742722

#227427

Split-complementary

#272274

#745022

#467422

Tetradic

#272274

#74226f

#6f7422

#227427

Square

#272274

#742246

#6f7422

#227450

Shades

Color #272274 mixed toward black.

#211c61

#1a174d

#14113a

#0d0b27

#070613

Tints

Color #272274 mixed toward white.

#3730a2

#4d45c9

#7a74d6

#a6a2e4

#d3d1f1

Tones

Color #272274 mixed toward gray.

#2d296d

#333066

#39365f

#3f3d59

#454452

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.57:1

White text reads better on this background (13.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252567 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#252664 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#275c59 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#2f2f2f · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272274;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272274]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272274 (#272274) is rgb(39, 34, 116) in RGB.

No, #272274 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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