#272551

Color #272551

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.5 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#272551

RGB

rgb(39, 37, 81)

HSL

hsl(242.7, 37.3%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.7, 54.3%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.9%, 54.3%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(17.22, 14.53, -26.77)

LCH

lch(17.22, 30.46, 298.49)

OKLCH

oklch(29.2%, 0.078, 282.52)

HWB

hwb(242.7, 14.5%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f5125

Analogous

#253951

#272551

#3d2551

Triadic

#272551

#512725

#255127

Split-complementary

#272551

#513d25

#395125

Tetradic

#272551

#51254f

#4f5125

#255127

Square

#272551

#512539

#4f5125

#25513d

Shades

Color #272551 mixed toward black.

#201f43

#1a1936

#131228

#0d0c1b

#06060d

Tints

Color #272551 mixed toward white.

#3c397e

#524eab

#7c78c2

#a7a5d6

#d3d2eb

Tones

Color #272551 mixed toward gray.

#2a294d

#2e2c4a

#313046

#343442

#38373f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262649 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#262647 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#274240 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272551;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272551]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272551 (#272551) is rgb(39, 37, 81) in RGB.

No, #272551 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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