#272F87#272F87

#272F87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F87
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 27.56, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 57.28, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0067 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.145 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2249, 4.2130, 23.4021)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F87 #877F27

analogous

#275F87 #272F87 #4F2787

triadic

#272F87 #87272F #2F8727

tetradic

#272F87 #87275F #877F27 #27874F

square

#272F87 #87275F #877F27 #27874F

split-complementary

#272F87 #874F27 #5F8727

monochromatic

#0C0E28 #191E58 #272F87 #3540B6 #5963CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#272F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#272F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F87

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F87	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ab',
    500: '#272f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f87;
$custom-light: #6f67ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35904,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F87

secondary

#B4AC56

accent

#D249DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F87

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

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