#272E88#272E88

#272E88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.148 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E88
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 28.60, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 58.56, 299.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0074 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.148 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2561, 4.1623, 23.7615)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E88 #888127

analogous

#275F88 #272E88 #512788

triadic

#272E88 #88272E #2E8827

tetradic

#272E88 #88275F #888127 #278851

square

#272E88 #88275F #888127 #278851

split-complementary

#272E88 #885127 #5F8827

monochromatic

#0C0E29 #191E58 #272E88 #353EB8 #5A62D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#272E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E88

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E88	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.148 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ac',
    500: '#272e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e88;
$custom-light: #6f67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.67,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35813,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E88

secondary

#B5AE56

accent

#D449DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E88

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

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