#272F89#272F89

#272F89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.148 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F89
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 137)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 28.31, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 58.47, 298.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0066 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.148 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3671, 4.2699, 24.1507)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F89 #898127

analogous

#276089 #272F89 #502789

triadic

#272F89 #89272F #2F8927

tetradic

#272F89 #892760 #898127 #278950

square

#272F89 #892760 #898127 #278950

split-complementary

#272F89 #895027 #608927

monochromatic

#0C0E2A #191F59 #272F89 #353FB9 #5A64D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#272F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F89

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F89	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.148 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ac',
    500: '#272f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f89;
$custom-light: #6f67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36092,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F89

secondary

#B5AD57

accent

#D349DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F89

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

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