#272A90#272A90

#272A90 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.163 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A90
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 144)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 34.10, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 65.91, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0093 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.163 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6970, 4.1002, 26.8186)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272A90 #908D27

analogous

#275E90 #272A90 #582790

triadic

#272A90 #90272A #2A9027

tetradic

#272A90 #90275E #908D27 #279058

square

#272A90 #90275E #908D27 #279058

split-complementary

#272A90 #905827 #5E9027

monochromatic

#0D0E30 #1A1C60 #272A90 #3438C0 #5E61D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#272A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A90

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A90	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.163 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7264b2',
    500: '#272a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a90;
$custom-light: #7264b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.359,
    "c": 0.16335,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A90

secondary

#B9B65A

accent

#DC47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A90

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

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