#272497#272497

#272497 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.179 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272497
RGB	rgb(39, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(242, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(242, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 40.15, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 73.59, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0115 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.179 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0516, 3.9267, 29.6585)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272497 #949724

analogous

#245B97 #272497 #612497

triadic

#272497 #972724 #249727

tetradic

#272497 #97245B #949724 #249761

square

#272497 #97245B #949724 #249761

split-complementary

#272497 #976124 #5B9724

monochromatic

#0D0C34 #1A1866 #272497 #3430C8 #605DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#272497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272497

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272497	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.179 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7460b7',
    500: '#272497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272497;
$custom-light: #7460b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.565,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3571,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272497

secondary

#BBBD5A

accent

#E543E0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #272497

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

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