#272B8F#272B8F

#272B8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.161 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B8F
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 143)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 33.11, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 64.68, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0088 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.161 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6568, 4.1416, 26.4299)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B8F #8F8B27

analogous

#275F8F #272B8F #57278F

triadic

#272B8F #8F272B #2B8F27

tetradic

#272B8F #8F275F #8F8B27 #278F57

square

#272B8F #8F275F #8F8B27 #278F57

split-complementary

#272B8F #8F5727 #5F8F27

monochromatic

#0D0E2F #1A1D5F #272B8F #3439BF #5D62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#272B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#272B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B8F

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B8F	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.161 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b1',
    500: '#272b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b8f;
$custom-light: #7165b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35967,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B8F

secondary

#B8B55A

accent

#DB47E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B8F

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

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