#272D89#272D89

#272D89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D89
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 29.63, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 59.83, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0081 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.15 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2889, 4.1136, 24.1246)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D89 #898327

analogous

#275E89 #272D89 #522789

triadic

#272D89 #89272D #2D8927

tetradic

#272D89 #89275E #898327 #278952

square

#272D89 #89275E #898327 #278952

split-complementary

#272D89 #895227 #5E8927

monochromatic

#0C0E2A #191D59 #272D89 #353DB9 #5A62D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#272D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D89

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D89	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7066ac',
    500: '#272d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d89;
$custom-light: #7066ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35726,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D89

secondary

#B5AF57

accent

#D649DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D89

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

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