#272d55

Color #272d55

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#272d55

RGB

rgb(39, 45, 85)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 37.1%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 54.1%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(19.9, 10.24, -25.18)

LCH

lch(19.9, 27.18, 292.13)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.0717, 275.04)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 15.3%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#554f27

Analogous

#274455

#272d55

#382755

Triadic

#272d55

#55272d

#2d5527

Split-complementary

#272d55

#553827

#445527

Tetradic

#272d55

#4f2755

#554f27

#2d5527

Square

#272d55

#552744

#554f27

#275538

Shades

Color #272d55 mixed toward black.

#202547

#1a1e39

#13162a

#0d0f1c

#06070e

Tints

Color #272d55 mixed toward white.

#3b4481

#4f5cad

#7b84c2

#a7add7

#d3d6eb

Tones

Color #272d55 mixed toward gray.

#2b3051

#2f334d

#323549

#363846

#3a3b42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.59:1

White text reads better on this background (13.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a4e · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#29294c · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#274745 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272d55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272d55]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#272d55 (#272d55) is rgb(39, 45, 85) in RGB.

No, #272d55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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