#272B76#272B76

#272B76 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.126 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B76
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 118)
HSL	hsl(237, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 23.93, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 49.75, 298.75°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0109 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.126 275)
XYZ	xyz(4.9695, 3.4667, 17.5433)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B76 #767227

analogous

#275276 #272B76 #4A2776

triadic

#272B76 #76272B #2B7627

tetradic

#272B76 #762752 #767227 #27764A

square

#272B76 #762752 #767227 #27764A

split-complementary

#272B76 #764A27 #527627

monochromatic

#09091A #181A48 #272B76 #363CA4 #5258C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#272B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#272B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B76

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B76	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.126 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b649e',
    500: '#272b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b76;
$custom-light: #6b649e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.962,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3357,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B76

secondary

#A8A451

accent

#D34EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B76

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

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