#272A96#272A96

#272A96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.171 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A96
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 150)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 72%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 36.23, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 69.33, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0085 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.171 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1678, 4.2885, 29.2983)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A96 #969327

analogous

#276296 #272A96 #5B2796

triadic

#272A96 #96272A #2A9627

tetradic

#272A96 #962762 #969327 #27965B

square

#272A96 #962762 #969327 #27965B

split-complementary

#272A96 #965B27 #629627

monochromatic

#0E0F35 #1A1C65 #272A96 #3438C7 #6165D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#272A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#272A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A96

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A96	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.171 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364b6',
    500: '#272a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a96;
$custom-light: #7364b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36517,
    "c": 0.1712,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A96

secondary

#BCB95D

accent

#DE46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A96

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

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