#272B90#272B90

#272B90 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B90
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 144)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 33.47, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 65.26, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0087 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.162 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7329, 4.1720, 26.8306)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B90 #908C27

analogous

#275F90 #272B90 #572790

triadic

#272B90 #90272B #2B9027

tetradic

#272B90 #90275F #908C27 #279057

square

#272B90 #90275F #908C27 #279057

split-complementary

#272B90 #905727 #5F9027

monochromatic

#0D0E30 #1A1D60 #272B90 #3439C0 #5E62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#272B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B90

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B90	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b2',
    500: '#272b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b90;
$custom-light: #7165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.714,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36068,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B90

secondary

#B9B55A

accent

#DB47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B90

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

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