#272991#272991

#272991 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.166 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272991
RGB	rgb(39, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(239, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(239, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 35.08, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 67.13, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0098 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.166 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7388, 4.0609, 27.2113)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272991 #918F27

analogous

#275E91 #272991 #5A2791

triadic

#272991 #912729 #299127

tetradic

#272991 #91275E #918F27 #27915A

square

#272991 #91275E #918F27 #27915A

split-complementary

#272991 #915A27 #5E9127

monochromatic

#0D0E31 #1A1B61 #272991 #3437C1 #5F61D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#272991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#272991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272991

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272991	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.166 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7263b2',
    500: '#272991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272991;
$custom-light: #7263b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.868,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35838,
    "c": 0.16579,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272991

secondary

#B9B75B

accent

#DE47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272991

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

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