#272E90#272E90

#272E90 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.159 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E90
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 144)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 31.54, -54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 63.27, 299.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0067 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.159 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8460, 4.3983, 26.8683)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272E90 #908927

analogous

#276290 #272E90 #542790

triadic

#272E90 #90272E #2E9027

tetradic

#272E90 #902762 #908927 #279054

square

#272E90 #902762 #908927 #279054

split-complementary

#272E90 #905427 #629027

monochromatic

#0D0F30 #1A1F60 #272E90 #343DC0 #5E66D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#272E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E90

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E90	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.159 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b1',
    500: '#272e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e90;
$custom-light: #7167b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36586,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E90

secondary

#B9B25A

accent

#D647E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E90

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

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