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Colour

#272A87

  • #272A87
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#272A87 is a blue with RGB values 39, 42, 135 and HSL 238°, 55%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#272A87#272A87
HEX#272A87
RGBrgb(39, 42, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.1647, 0.5294
RGB percentages15.3%, 16.5%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(238.1, 55.2%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.1, 71.1%, 52.9%)
CMYK71.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,566,791
CSS custom property--colour: #272A87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#D8D578

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003385no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004354no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.3Indigo · ΔE 21Navy · ΔE 23.1Slate blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#878427
Analogous#275A87, #542787
Triadic#87272A, #2A8727
Split complementary#875427, #5A8727
Tetradic#87275A, #878427, #278754

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#999BE1
Lighter +30%#7174D6
Lighter +20%#494DCB
Lighter +10%#3236AF
Darker −10%#1C1E5F
Darker −20%#101138
Darker −30%#050510
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#11169D
Less saturated −25%#3D3E71

Channel breakdown

R39
G42
B135
Red39 (15.3%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue238.13°
Saturation (HSL)55.17%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 2A · B 87

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