#272E8B#272E8B

#272E8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.152 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E8B
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 29.71, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 60.34, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0072 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.152 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4723, 4.2488, 24.9001)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E8B #8B8427

analogous

#27608B #272E8B #52278B

triadic

#272E8B #8B272E #2E8B27

tetradic

#272E8B #8B2760 #8B8427 #278B52

square

#272E8B #8B2760 #8B8427 #278B52

split-complementary

#272E8B #8B5227 #608B27

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #1A1E5B #272E8B #343EBB #5B64D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#272E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E8B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E8B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.152 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067ae',
    500: '#272e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e8b;
$custom-light: #7067ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.361,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E8B

secondary

#B6B058

accent

#D548DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E8B

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

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