#272A95#272A95

#272A95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.170 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A95
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 149)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 35.88, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 68.77, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0086 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.17 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0877, 4.2565, 28.8760)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A95 #959227

analogous

#276195 #272A95 #5B2795

triadic

#272A95 #95272A #2A9527

tetradic

#272A95 #952761 #959227 #27955B

square

#272A95 #952761 #959227 #27955B

split-complementary

#272A95 #955B27 #619527

monochromatic

#0E0F34 #1A1C64 #272A95 #3438C6 #6164D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#272A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#272A95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A95

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A95	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.170 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364b5',
    500: '#272a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a95;
$custom-light: #7364b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.364,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36413,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A95

secondary

#BBB85D

accent

#DD46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A95

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

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