#272387#272387

#272387 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.159 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272387
RGB	rgb(39, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 35.26, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 65.24, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0151 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.159 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8095, 3.3821, 23.2636)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272387 #838723

analogous

#235187 #272387 #592387

triadic

#272387 #872723 #238727

tetradic

#272387 #872351 #838723 #238759

square

#272387 #872351 #838723 #238759

split-complementary

#272387 #875923 #518723

monochromatic

#0B0A26 #191656 #272387 #3530B8 #5752D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#272387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#272387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272387

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272387	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.159 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705fab',
    500: '#272387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272387;
$custom-light: #705fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33841,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272387

secondary

#B2B650

accent

#E246DC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272387

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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