#272A98#272A98

#272A98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.174 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A98
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 152)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 36.94, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 70.46, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0082 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.174 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3303, 4.3535, 30.1537)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A98 #989527

analogous

#276398 #272A98 #5C2798

triadic

#272A98 #98272A #2A9827

tetradic

#272A98 #982763 #989527 #27985C

square

#272A98 #982763 #989527 #27985C

split-complementary

#272A98 #985C27 #639827

monochromatic

#0E0F37 #1B1D67 #272A98 #3337C9 #6366D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#272A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#272A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A98

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A98	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.174 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464b7',
    500: '#272a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a98;
$custom-light: #7464b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.407,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36724,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A98

secondary

#BCBA5E

accent

#DE45E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A98

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

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