#272F91#272F91

#272F91 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.159 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F91
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 145)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 31.26, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 63.18, 299.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.006 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.159 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9623, 4.5080, 27.2858)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F91 #918927

analogous

#276491 #272F91 #542791

triadic

#272F91 #91272F #2F9127

tetradic

#272F91 #912764 #918927 #279154

square

#272F91 #912764 #918927 #279154

split-complementary

#272F91 #915427 #649127

monochromatic

#0D1031 #1A1F61 #272F91 #343FC1 #5F67D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#272F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#272F91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F91

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F91	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.159 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7168b2',
    500: '#272f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f91;
$custom-light: #7168b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.472,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36861,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F91

secondary

#B9B25B

accent

#D547E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F91

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

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