#272E87#272E87

#272E87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.146 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E87
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 28.23, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 57.96, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0075 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.146 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1854, 4.1340, 23.3889)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272E87 #878027

analogous

#275E87 #272E87 #502787

triadic

#272E87 #87272E #2E8727

tetradic

#272E87 #87275E #878027 #278750

square

#272E87 #87275E #878027 #278750

split-complementary

#272E87 #875027 #5E8727

monochromatic

#0C0E28 #191E58 #272E87 #353EB6 #5962CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#272E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E87

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E87	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.146 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ab',
    500: '#272e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e87;
$custom-light: #6f67ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35718,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E87

secondary

#B4AD56

accent

#D449DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E87

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

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