#272E85#272E85

#272E85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.144 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E85
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 27.49, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 56.77, 298.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0076 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.144 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.0459, 4.0782, 22.6543)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E85 #857E27

analogous

#275D85 #272E85 #4F2785

triadic

#272E85 #85272E #2E8527

tetradic

#272E85 #85275D #857E27 #27854F

square

#272E85 #85275D #857E27 #27854F

split-complementary

#272E85 #854F27 #5D8527

monochromatic

#0B0D26 #191E56 #272E85 #353EB4 #5861CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#272E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E85

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E85	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.144 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67a9',
    500: '#272e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e85;
$custom-light: #6f67a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.532,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35529,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E85

secondary

#B3AC55

accent

#D34ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E85

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

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