#272C86#272C86

#272C86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.147 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C86
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 134)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 29.19, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 58.73, 299.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0091 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.147 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0390, 3.9534, 22.9945)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C86 #868127

analogous

#275C86 #272C86 #522786

triadic

#272C86 #86272C #2C8627

tetradic

#272C86 #86275C #868127 #278652

square

#272C86 #86275C #868127 #278652

split-complementary

#272C86 #865227 #5C8627

monochromatic

#0B0D27 #191C57 #272C86 #353CB5 #595FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#272C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C86

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C86	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.147 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65aa',
    500: '#272c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c86;
$custom-light: #6f65aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35256,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C86

secondary

#B4AF55

accent

#D64ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C86

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

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