#272755

Color #272755

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#272755

RGB

rgb(39, 39, 85)

HSL

hsl(240, 37.1%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 54.1%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.1%, 54.1%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(18.09, 14.54, -28.07)

LCH

lch(18.09, 31.61, 297.38)

OKLCH

oklch(30%, 0.0812, 280.29)

HWB

hwb(240, 15.3%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#555527

Analogous

#273e55

#272755

#3e2755

Triadic

#272755

#552727

#275527

Split-complementary

#272755

#553e27

#3e5527

Tetradic

#272755

#552755

#555527

#275527

Square

#272755

#55273e

#555527

#27553e

Shades

Color #272755 mixed toward black.

#202047

#1a1a39

#13132a

#0d0d1c

#06060e

Tints

Color #272755 mixed toward white.

#3b3b81

#4f4fad

#7b7bc2

#a7a7d7

#d3d3eb

Tones

Color #272755 mixed toward gray.

#2b2b51

#2f2f4d

#323249

#363646

#3a3a42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#27274d · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#27274b · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#274544 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272755;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272755]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272755 (#272755) is rgb(39, 39, 85) in RGB.

No, #272755 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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