#272C85#272C85

#272C85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.146 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C85
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 28.82, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 58.14, 299.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.0092 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.146 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9696, 3.9256, 22.6289)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C85 #858027

analogous

#275B85 #272C85 #512785

triadic

#272C85 #85272C #2C8527

tetradic

#272C85 #85275B #858027 #278551

square

#272C85 #85275B #858027 #278551

split-complementary

#272C85 #855127 #5B8527

monochromatic

#0B0D26 #191C56 #272C85 #353CB4 #585FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#272C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C85

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C85	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.146 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65a9',
    500: '#272c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c85;
$custom-light: #6f65a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.809,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3516,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C85

secondary

#B3AE55

accent

#D64ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C85

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

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