#272B87#272B87

#272B87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.150 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B87
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 30.21, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 60.00, 300.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0097 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.15 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0723, 3.9078, 23.3512)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B87 #878327

analogous

#275B87 #272B87 #532787

triadic

#272B87 #87272B #2B8727

tetradic

#272B87 #87275B #878327 #278753

square

#272B87 #87275B #878327 #278753

split-complementary

#272B87 #875327 #5B8727

monochromatic

#0C0D28 #191C58 #272B87 #353AB6 #595ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#272B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#272B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B87

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B87	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.150 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64ab',
    500: '#272b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b87;
$custom-light: #6f64ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35174,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B87

secondary

#B4B056

accent

#D849DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B87

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

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