#272E81#272E81

#272E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.138 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E81
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 26.00, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 54.36, 298.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.0078 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.138 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7748, 3.9698, 21.2265)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E81 #817A27

analogous

#275B81 #272E81 #4D2781

triadic

#272E81 #81272E #2E8127

tetradic

#272E81 #81275B #817A27 #27814D

square

#272E81 #81275B #817A27 #27814D

split-complementary

#272E81 #814D27 #5B8127

monochromatic

#0B0C23 #191D52 #272E81 #353FB0 #5660CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#272E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E81

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E81	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.138 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66a6',
    500: '#272e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e81;
$custom-light: #6e66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.333,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35156,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E81

secondary

#B1AA53

accent

#D24BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E81

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

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