#272A86#272A86

#272A86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.150 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A86
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 134)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 30.50, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 60.09, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0106 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.15 274)
XYZ	xyz(5.9663, 3.8079, 22.9702)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A86 #868327

analogous

#275A86 #272A86 #542786

triadic

#272A86 #86272A #2A8627

tetradic

#272A86 #86275A #868327 #278654

square

#272A86 #86275A #868327 #278654

split-complementary

#272A86 #865427 #5A8627

monochromatic

#0B0C27 #191B57 #272A86 #3539B5 #595DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#272A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#272A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A86

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A86	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.150 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64aa',
    500: '#272a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a86;
$custom-light: #6f64aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.105,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34899,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.03808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A86

secondary

#B4B155

accent

#DA4ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A86

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

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