#272A9B#272A9B

#272A9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.178 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A9B
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 155)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 37.99, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 72.15, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0077 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.178 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5791, 4.4530, 31.4641)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A9B #9B9827

analogous

#27649B #272A9B #5E279B

triadic

#272A9B #9B272A #2A9B27

tetradic

#272A9B #9B2764 #9B9827 #279B5E

square

#272A9B #9B2764 #9B9827 #279B5E

split-complementary

#272A9B #9B5E27 #649B27

monochromatic

#0E1039 #1B1D6A #272A9B #3337CC #6467D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#272A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A9B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A9B	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.178 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464ba',
    500: '#272a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a9b;
$custom-light: #7464ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.448,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37038,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A9B

secondary

#BEBB60

accent

#DF45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A9B

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

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