#272C90#272C90

#272C90 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C90
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 144)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 32.83, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 64.60, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0081 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.161 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7697, 4.2456, 26.8429)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C90 #908B27

analogous

#276090 #272C90 #562790

triadic

#272C90 #90272C #2C9027

tetradic

#272C90 #902760 #908B27 #279056

square

#272C90 #902760 #908B27 #279056

split-complementary

#272C90 #905627 #609027

monochromatic

#0D0F30 #1A1D60 #272C90 #343BC0 #5E64D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#272C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C90

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C90	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b1',
    500: '#272c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c90;
$custom-light: #7165b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36238,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C90

secondary

#B9B45A

accent

#D947E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C90

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

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