#272C87#272C87

#272C87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.149 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C87
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 29.55, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 59.33, 299.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.009 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.149 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1091, 3.9814, 23.3635)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C87 #878227

analogous

#275C87 #272C87 #522787

triadic

#272C87 #87272C #2C8727

tetradic

#272C87 #87275C #878227 #278752

square

#272C87 #87275C #878227 #278752

split-complementary

#272C87 #875227 #5C8727

monochromatic

#0C0D28 #191D58 #272C87 #353BB6 #595FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#272C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C87

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C87	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.149 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65ab',
    500: '#272c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c87;
$custom-light: #6f65ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.875,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35353,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C87

secondary

#B4AF56

accent

#D749DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C87

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

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