#272898#272898

#272898 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.176 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272898
RGB	rgb(39, 40, 152)
HSL	hsl(239, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(239, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 38.15, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 71.71, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0093 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.176 273)
XYZ	xyz(7.2611, 4.2152, 30.1306)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272898 #989727

analogous

#276198 #272898 #5F2798

triadic

#272898 #982728 #289827

tetradic

#272898 #982761 #989727 #27985F

square

#272898 #982761 #989727 #27985F

split-complementary

#272898 #985F27 #619827

monochromatic

#0E0E37 #1B1B67 #272898 #3335C9 #6364D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#272898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272898 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272898

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272898	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 40, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.176 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7463b7',
    500: '#272898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272898;
$custom-light: #7463b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.469,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36412,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272898

secondary

#BCBC5E

accent

#E145E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272898

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

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