#272F81#272F81

#272F81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.137 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F81
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 129)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 25.32, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 53.66, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.007 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.137 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8143, 4.0488, 21.2397)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F81 #817927

analogous

#275C81 #272F81 #4C2781

triadic

#272F81 #81272F #2F8127

tetradic

#272F81 #81275C #817927 #27814C

square

#272F81 #81275C #817927 #27814C

split-complementary

#272F81 #814C27 #5C8127

monochromatic

#0B0D23 #191E52 #272F81 #3540B0 #5661CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#272F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#272F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F81

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F81	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.137 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e67a6',
    500: '#272f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f81;
$custom-light: #6e67a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.667,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35348,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F81

secondary

#B1A853

accent

#D04BDD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F81

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

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