#272d65

Color #272d65

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#272d65

RGB

rgb(39, 45, 101)

HSL

hsl(234.2, 44.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.2, 61.4%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 55.4%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(21.01, 16.17, -33.96)

LCH

lch(21.01, 37.61, 295.46)

OKLCH

oklch(32.5%, 0.0976, 275)

HWB

hwb(234.2, 15.3%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#655f27

Analogous

#274c65

#272d65

#402765

Triadic

#272d65

#65272d

#2d6527

Split-complementary

#272d65

#654027

#4c6527

Tetradic

#272d65

#5f2765

#655f27

#2d6527

Square

#272d65

#65274c

#655f27

#276540

Shades

Color #272d65 mixed toward black.

#212654

#1a1e43

#141733

#0d0f22

#070811

Tints

Color #272d65 mixed toward white.

#384192

#4d58ba

#7a82cc

#a6abdd

#d3d5ee

Tones

Color #272d65 mixed toward gray.

#2c3160

#31355b

#373a56

#3c3e50

#41424b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a5b · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#292959 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#275250 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272d65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272d65]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272d65 (#272d65) is rgb(39, 45, 101) in RGB.

No, #272d65 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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