#272B89#272B89

#272B89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.153 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B89
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 30.94, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 61.18, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0095 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.153 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2144, 3.9646, 24.0998)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B89 #898527

analogous

#275C89 #272B89 #542789

triadic

#272B89 #89272B #2B8927

tetradic

#272B89 #89275C #898527 #278954

square

#272B89 #89275C #898527 #278954

split-complementary

#272B89 #895427 #5C8927

monochromatic

#0C0D2A #191C59 #272B89 #353AB9 #5A5FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#272B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B89

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B89	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.153 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064ac',
    500: '#272b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b89;
$custom-light: #7064ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.551,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3537,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B89

secondary

#B5B157

accent

#D949DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B89

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

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