#272E79#272E79

#272E79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.126 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E79
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 23.00, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 49.48, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0081 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.126 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2637, 3.7653, 18.5348)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E79 #797227

analogous

#275779 #272E79 #492779

triadic

#272E79 #79272E #2E7927

tetradic

#272E79 #792757 #797227 #277949

square

#272E79 #792757 #797227 #277949

split-complementary

#272E79 #794927 #577927

monochromatic

#090B1C #181C4B #272E79 #3640A7 #535DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#272E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#272E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E79

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E79	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.126 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a0',
    500: '#272e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e79;
$custom-light: #6c66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.878,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3443,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E79

secondary

#ABA351

accent

#CF4DDB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E79

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

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