#272A9A#272A9A

#272A9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A9A
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 37.64, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 71.59, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0079 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.176 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4954, 4.4196, 31.0236)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A9A #9A9727

analogous

#27639A #272A9A #5E279A

triadic

#272A9A #9A272A #2A9A27

tetradic

#272A9A #9A2763 #9A9727 #279A5E

square

#272A9A #9A2763 #9A9727 #279A5E

split-complementary

#272A9A #9A5E27 #639A27

monochromatic

#0E0F38 #1B1D69 #272A9A #3337CB #6467D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#272A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A9A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A9A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464b9',
    500: '#272a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a9a;
$custom-light: #7464b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.435,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36933,
    "c": 0.17636,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A9A

secondary

#BDBB5F

accent

#DF45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A9A

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

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