#272895#272895

#272895 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.172 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272895
RGB	rgb(39, 40, 149)
HSL	hsl(239, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(239, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 37.10, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 70.03, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0098 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.172 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0185, 4.1181, 28.8529)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272895 #959427

analogous

#275F95 #272895 #5D2795

triadic

#272895 #952728 #289527

tetradic

#272895 #95275F #959427 #27955D

square

#272895 #95275F #959427 #27955D

split-complementary

#272895 #955D27 #5F9527

monochromatic

#0E0E34 #1A1B64 #272895 #3435C6 #6162D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#272895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272895

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272895	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 40, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.172 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7363b5',
    500: '#272895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272895;
$custom-light: #7363b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.455,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36095,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272895

secondary

#BBBA5D

accent

#E046E2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #272895

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

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