#272B78#272B78

#272B78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.129 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B78
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 120)
HSL	hsl(237, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 64.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 24.68, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 50.98, 298.95°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0108 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.129 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0896, 3.5147, 18.1759)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B78 #787427

analogous

#275378 #272B78 #4B2778

triadic

#272B78 #78272B #2B7827

tetradic

#272B78 #782753 #787427 #27784B

square

#272B78 #782753 #787427 #27784B

split-complementary

#272B78 #784B27 #537827

monochromatic

#090A1C #181A4A #272B78 #363CA6 #5258C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#272B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#272B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B78

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B78	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.129 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c64a0',
    500: '#272b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b78;
$custom-light: #6c64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.037,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33752,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B78

secondary

#AAA651

accent

#D34DDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B78

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

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