#272B8A#272B8A

#272B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.154 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B8A
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 31.30, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 61.77, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0094 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.154 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2865, 3.9935, 24.4793)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B8A #8A8627

analogous

#275C8A #272B8A #55278A

triadic

#272B8A #8A272B #2B8A27

tetradic

#272B8A #8A275C #8A8627 #278A55

square

#272B8A #8A275C #8A8627 #278A55

split-complementary

#272B8A #8A5527 #5C8A27

monochromatic

#0C0D2B #1A1C5A #272B8A #343ABA #5B60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#272B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B8A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B8A	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.154 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065ad',
    500: '#272b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b8a;
$custom-light: #7065ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.576,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35469,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B8A

secondary

#B6B257

accent

#D949DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B8A

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

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