#272B8E#272B8E

#272B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.160 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B8E
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 32.75, -55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 64.10, 300.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0089 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.16 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5814, 4.1114, 26.0327)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B8E #8E8A27

analogous

#275E8E #272B8E #56278E

triadic

#272B8E #8E272B #2B8E27

tetradic

#272B8E #8E275E #8E8A27 #278E56

square

#272B8E #8E275E #8E8A27 #278E56

split-complementary

#272B8E #8E5627 #5E8E27

monochromatic

#0D0E2E #1A1C5E #272B8E #343ABE #5D61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#272B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#272B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B8E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B8E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.160 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b0',
    500: '#272b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b8e;
$custom-light: #7165b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.67,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35867,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B8E

secondary

#B8B459

accent

#DA48E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B8E

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

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