#272D87#272D87

#272D87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D87
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 28.89, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 58.65, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0082 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.148 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1468, 4.0568, 23.3761)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D87 #878127

analogous

#275D87 #272D87 #512787

triadic

#272D87 #87272D #2D8727

tetradic

#272D87 #87275D #878127 #278751

square

#272D87 #87275D #878127 #278751

split-complementary

#272D87 #875127 #5D8727

monochromatic

#0C0D28 #191D58 #272D87 #353DB6 #5961CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#272D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#272D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D87

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D87	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f66ab',
    500: '#272d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d87;
$custom-light: #6f66ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35534,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D87

secondary

#B4AE56

accent

#D549DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D87

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

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