#272896#272896

#272896 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.173 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272896
RGB	rgb(39, 40, 150)
HSL	hsl(239, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(239, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 73.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 37.45, -59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 70.59, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0096 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.173 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0987, 4.1502, 29.2752)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272896 #969527

analogous

#276096 #272896 #5D2796

triadic

#272896 #962728 #289627

tetradic

#272896 #962760 #969527 #27965D

square

#272896 #962760 #969527 #27965D

split-complementary

#272896 #965D27 #609627

monochromatic

#0E0E35 #1A1B65 #272896 #3435C7 #6162D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#272896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272896 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272896

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272896	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 40, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.173 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7363b6',
    500: '#272896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272896;
$custom-light: #7363b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.459,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36201,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272896

secondary

#BCBB5D

accent

#E146E2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #272896

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

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