#272E86#272E86

#272E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.145 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E86
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 27.86, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 57.37, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0075 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.145 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.1153, 4.1060, 23.0199)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E86 #867F27

analogous

#275E86 #272E86 #502786

triadic

#272E86 #86272E #2E8627

tetradic

#272E86 #86275E #867F27 #278650

square

#272E86 #86275E #867F27 #278650

split-complementary

#272E86 #865027 #5E8627

monochromatic

#0B0D27 #191E57 #272E86 #353EB5 #5961CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#272E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E86

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E86	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.145 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67aa',
    500: '#272e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e86;
$custom-light: #6f67aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.579,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35623,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E86

secondary

#B4AD55

accent

#D34ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E86

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

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