#272A85#272A85

#272A85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.149 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A85
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 30.13, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 59.50, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0107 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.149 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8969, 3.7802, 22.6046)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A85 #858227

analogous

#275985 #272A85 #532785

triadic

#272A85 #85272A #2A8527

tetradic

#272A85 #852759 #858227 #278553

square

#272A85 #852759 #858227 #278553

split-complementary

#272A85 #855327 #598527

monochromatic

#0B0C26 #191B56 #272A85 #3539B4 #585CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#272A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#272A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A85

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A85	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.149 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64a9',
    500: '#272a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a85;
$custom-light: #6f64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.085,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34801,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A85

secondary

#B3B055

accent

#D94ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A85

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

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