#272E89#272E89

#272E89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.149 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E89
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 28.97, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 59.15, 299.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0073 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.149 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3275, 4.1909, 24.1375)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E89 #898227

analogous

#275F89 #272E89 #512789

triadic

#272E89 #89272E #2E8927

tetradic

#272E89 #89275F #898227 #278951

square

#272E89 #89275F #898227 #278951

split-complementary

#272E89 #895127 #5F8927

monochromatic

#0C0E2A #191E59 #272E89 #353EB9 #5A63D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#272E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E89

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E89	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.149 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067ac',
    500: '#272e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e89;
$custom-light: #7067ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35908,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E89

secondary

#B5AE57

accent

#D449DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E89

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

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