#272E83#272E83

#272E83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.141 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E83
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 26.74, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 55.57, 298.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0077 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.141 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9091, 4.0235, 21.9335)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E83 #837C27

analogous

#275C83 #272E83 #4E2783

triadic

#272E83 #83272E #2E8327

tetradic

#272E83 #83275C #837C27 #27834E

square

#272E83 #83275C #837C27 #27834E

split-complementary

#272E83 #834E27 #5C8327

monochromatic

#0B0D25 #191D54 #272E83 #353FB2 #5760CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#272E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E83

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E83	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.141 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66a8',
    500: '#272e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e83;
$custom-light: #6e66a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.435,
    "s": 54.118,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35342,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E83

secondary

#B2AB54

accent

#D24ADD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E83

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

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