#272B8B#272B8B

#272B8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.155 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B8B
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 31.66, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 62.35, 300.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0093 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.156 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3592, 4.0226, 24.8624)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B8B #8B8727

analogous

#275D8B #272B8B #55278B

triadic

#272B8B #8B272B #2B8B27

tetradic

#272B8B #8B275D #8B8727 #278B55

square

#272B8B #8B275D #8B8727 #278B55

split-complementary

#272B8B #8B5527 #5D8B27

monochromatic

#0C0D2B #1A1C5B #272B8B #343ABB #5B60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#272B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#272B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B8B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B8B	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.155 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065ae',
    500: '#272b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b8b;
$custom-light: #7065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35568,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B8B

secondary

#B6B258

accent

#D948DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B8B

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

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