#272a7b

Color #272a7b

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#272a7b

RGB

rgb(39, 42, 123)

HSL

hsl(237.9, 51.9%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.9, 68.3%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(22.01, 26.47, -46.51)

LCH

lch(22.01, 53.51, 299.65)

OKLCH

oklch(33.8%, 0.1346, 274.9)

HWB

hwb(237.9, 15.3%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7827

Analogous

#27547b

#272a7b

#4e277b

Triadic

#272a7b

#7b272a

#2a7b27

Split-complementary

#272a7b

#7b4e27

#547b27

Tetradic

#272a7b

#78277b

#7b7827

#2a7b27

Square

#272a7b

#7b2754

#7b7827

#277b4e

Shades

Color #272a7b mixed toward black.

#212367

#1a1c52

#14153e

#0d0e29

#070715

Tints

Color #272a7b mixed toward white.

#3539a7

#4f53c7

#7b7ed5

#a7a9e3

#d3d4f1

Tones

Color #272a7b mixed toward gray.

#2e3074

#35376d

#3c3e66

#43445f

#4a4b58

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.7:1

White text reads better on this background (12.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28286e · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#28286b · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#27625f · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#353535 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272a7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272a7b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272a7b (#272a7b) is rgb(39, 42, 123) in RGB.

No, #272a7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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