#272596#272596

#272596 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.176 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272596
RGB	rgb(39, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(241, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(241, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 39.23, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 72.44, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0112 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.177 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0015, 3.9558, 29.2428)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272596 #949625

analogous

#255C96 #272596 #602596

triadic

#272596 #962725 #259627

tetradic

#272596 #96255C #949625 #259660

square

#272596 #96255C #949625 #259660

split-complementary

#272596 #966025 #5C9625

monochromatic

#0D0D34 #1A1965 #272596 #3431C7 #605ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#272596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#272596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272596

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272596	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.176 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7461b6',
    500: '#272596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272596;
$custom-light: #7461b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.062,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35747,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272596

secondary

#BBBC5B

accent

#E444E1

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #272596

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

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