#272B59#272B59

#272B59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.081 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B59
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(235, 39%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(235, 56%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 13.13, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 31.28, 294.83°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% 0.0097 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.081 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5032, 2.8801, 9.8206)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B59 #595527

analogous

#274459 #272B59 #3C2759

triadic

#272B59 #59272B #2B5927

tetradic

#272B59 #592744 #595527 #27593C

square

#272B59 #592744 #595527 #27593C

split-complementary

#272B59 #593C27 #445927

monochromatic

#090A15 #14162E #272B59 #3A4084 #4C54AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#272B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#272B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B59

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B59	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16315B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11353D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.081 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656488',
    500: '#272b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b59;
$custom-light: #656488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 39.062,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31159,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B59

secondary

#8C8750

accent

#C659CF

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B59

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

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