#272A89#272A89

#272A89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.154 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A89
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 137)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 31.59, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 61.85, 300.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0102 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.154 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1785, 3.8928, 24.0878)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272A89 #898627

analogous

#275B89 #272A89 #552789

triadic

#272A89 #89272A #2A8927

tetradic

#272A89 #89275B #898627 #278955

square

#272A89 #89275B #898627 #278955

split-complementary

#272A89 #895527 #5B8927

monochromatic

#0C0D2A #191B59 #272A89 #3539B9 #5A5ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#272A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#272A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A89

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A89	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.154 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064ac',
    500: '#272a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a89;
$custom-light: #7064ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.163,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35196,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A89

secondary

#B5B257

accent

#DA49DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A89

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

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