#272F88#272F88

#272F88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F88
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 136)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 65.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 27.94, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 57.87, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0066 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.146 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2957, 4.2413, 23.7747)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F88 #888027

analogous

#276088 #272F88 #502788

triadic

#272F88 #88272F #2F8827

tetradic

#272F88 #882760 #888027 #278850

square

#272F88 #882760 #888027 #278850

split-complementary

#272F88 #885027 #608827

monochromatic

#0C0E29 #191F58 #272F88 #353FB8 #5A63D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#272F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F88

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F88	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ac',
    500: '#272f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f88;
$custom-light: #6f67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.052,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35998,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F88

secondary

#B5AD56

accent

#D249DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F88

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

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