#272B4E#272B4E

#272B4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.063 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B4E
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(234, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(234, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 44.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.84, 9.16, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.84, 23.98, 292.46°)
OKLab	oklab(30.38% 0.0077 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(30.38% 0.063 277)
XYZ	xyz(3.0753, 2.7090, 7.5671)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B4E #4E4A27

analogous

#273E4E #272B4E #36274E

triadic

#272B4E #4E272B #2B4E27

tetradic

#272B4E #4E273E #4E4A27 #274E36

square

#272B4E #4E273E #4E4A27 #274E36

split-complementary

#272B4E #4E3627 #3E4E27

monochromatic

#0A0B14 #131525 #272B4E #3B4177 #5058A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#272B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#272B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B4E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B4E	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.063 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646480',
    500: '#272b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b4e;
$custom-light: #646480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30378,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.02709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B4E

secondary

#817C50

accent

#BE5EC9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B4E

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

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