#272C91#272C91

#272C91 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.162 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C91
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 145)
HSL	hsl(237, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 33.19, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 65.18, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0079 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.162 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8465, 4.2764, 27.2472)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C91 #918C27

analogous

#276191 #272C91 #572791

triadic

#272C91 #91272C #2C9127

tetradic

#272C91 #912761 #918C27 #279157

square

#272C91 #912761 #918C27 #279157

split-complementary

#272C91 #915727 #619127

monochromatic

#0D0F31 #1A1D61 #272C91 #343BC1 #5F64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#272C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#272C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C91

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C91	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.162 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7265b2',
    500: '#272c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c91;
$custom-light: #7265b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.17,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36338,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C91

secondary

#B9B55B

accent

#DA47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C91

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

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