#272B79#272B79

#272B79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.130 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B79
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(237, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 25.05, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 51.59, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0108 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.13 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1506, 3.5391, 18.4971)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B79 #797527

analogous

#275479 #272B79 #4C2779

triadic

#272B79 #79272B #2B7927

tetradic

#272B79 #792754 #797527 #27794C

square

#272B79 #792754 #797527 #27794C

split-complementary

#272B79 #794C27 #547927

monochromatic

#090A1C #181B4B #272B79 #363BA7 #5359C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#272B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#272B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B79

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B79	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.130 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c64a0',
    500: '#272b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b79;
$custom-light: #6c64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.073,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33844,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B79

secondary

#ABA751

accent

#D44DDB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B79

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

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