#272B85#272B85

#272B85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.147 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B85
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 29.48, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 58.82, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0099 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.147 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9328, 3.8520, 22.6166)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B85 #858127

analogous

#275A85 #272B85 #522785

triadic

#272B85 #85272B #2B8527

tetradic

#272B85 #85275A #858127 #278552

square

#272B85 #85275A #858127 #278552

split-complementary

#272B85 #855227 #5A8527

monochromatic

#0B0C26 #191C56 #272B85 #353AB4 #585DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#272B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#272B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B85

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B85	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.147 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64a9',
    500: '#272b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b85;
$custom-light: #6f64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34979,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B85

secondary

#B3AF55

accent

#D84ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B85

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

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