#272B88#272B88

#272B88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.151 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B88
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 136)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 30.57, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 60.59, 300.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0096 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.151 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1430, 3.9361, 23.7238)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B88 #888427

analogous

#275C88 #272B88 #542788

triadic

#272B88 #88272B #2B8827

tetradic

#272B88 #88275C #888427 #278854

square

#272B88 #88275C #888427 #278854

split-complementary

#272B88 #885427 #5C8827

monochromatic

#0C0D29 #191C58 #272B88 #353AB8 #5A5FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#272B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B88

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B88	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.151 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064ac',
    500: '#272b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b88;
$custom-light: #7064ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.526,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35272,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B88

secondary

#B5B156

accent

#D949DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B88

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

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