#272E8F#272E8F

#272E8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.157 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E8F
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 31.18, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 62.69, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0068 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.157 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7700, 4.3678, 26.4676)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E8F #8F8827

analogous

#27628F #272E8F #54278F

triadic

#272E8F #8F272E #2E8F27

tetradic

#272E8F #8F2762 #8F8827 #278F54

square

#272E8F #8F2762 #8F8827 #278F54

split-complementary

#272E8F #8F5427 #628F27

monochromatic

#0D0F2F #1A1F5F #272E8F #343DBF #5D65D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#272E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#272E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E8F

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E8F	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.157 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b1',
    500: '#272e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e8f;
$custom-light: #7167b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.962,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36488,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E8F

secondary

#B8B25A

accent

#D647E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E8F

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

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