#272D85#272D85

#272D85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.145 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D85
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 28.16, -50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 57.46, 299.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0084 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.145 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0073, 4.0010, 22.6414)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D85 #857F27

analogous

#275C85 #272D85 #502785

triadic

#272D85 #85272D #2D8527

tetradic

#272D85 #85275C #857F27 #278550

square

#272D85 #85275C #857F27 #278550

split-complementary

#272D85 #855027 #5C8527

monochromatic

#0B0D26 #191D56 #272D85 #353DB4 #5860CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#272D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D85

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D85	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.145 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f66a9',
    500: '#272d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d85;
$custom-light: #6f66a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35343,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D85

secondary

#B3AD55

accent

#D54ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D85

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

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