#272E91#272E91

#272E91 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.160 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E91
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 31.91, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 63.85, 299.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0066 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.16 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9228, 4.4290, 27.2726)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E91 #918A27

analogous

#276391 #272E91 #552791

triadic

#272E91 #91272E #2E9127

tetradic

#272E91 #912763 #918A27 #279155

square

#272E91 #912763 #918A27 #279155

split-complementary

#272E91 #915527 #639127

monochromatic

#0D0F31 #1A1F61 #272E91 #343DC1 #5F66D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#272E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E91

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E91	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.160 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b2',
    500: '#272e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e91;
$custom-light: #7167b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.038,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36684,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E91

secondary

#B9B35B

accent

#D747E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E91

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

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