#272E50#272E50

#272E50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.062 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E50
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(230, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(230, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 42.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.90, 7.73, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.90, 23.16, 289.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% 0.0038 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.062 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2612, 2.9643, 7.9882)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E50 #504927

analogous

#274250 #272E50 #342750

triadic

#272E50 #50272E #2E5027

tetradic

#272E50 #502742 #504927 #275034

square

#272E50 #502742 #504927 #275034

split-complementary

#272E50 #503427 #425027

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #131627 #272E50 #3B4679 #4F5DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#272E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#272E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E50

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E50	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18353B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.062 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646681',
    500: '#272e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e50;
$custom-light: #646681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.756,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31232,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E50

secondary

#837A50

accent

#B85DCB

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBEBEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E50

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

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