#272B8D#272B8D

#272B8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.158 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B8D
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 32.39, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 63.52, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0091 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.158 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5067, 4.0815, 25.6390)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B8D #8D8927

analogous

#275E8D #272B8D #56278D

triadic

#272B8D #8D272B #2B8D27

tetradic

#272B8D #8D275E #8D8927 #278D56

square

#272B8D #8D275E #8D8927 #278D56

split-complementary

#272B8D #8D5627 #5E8D27

monochromatic

#0C0E2D #1A1C5D #272B8D #343ABD #5C61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#272B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B8D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B8D	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.158 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165af',
    500: '#272b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b8d;
$custom-light: #7165af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35767,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B8D

secondary

#B7B359

accent

#DA48E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B8D

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

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