#272A9C#272A9C

#272A9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.179 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A9C
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 38.33, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 72.70, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0076 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.179 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6634, 4.4868, 31.9082)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A9C #9C9927

analogous

#27649C #272A9C #5F279C

triadic

#272A9C #9C272A #2A9C27

tetradic

#272A9C #9C2764 #9C9927 #279C5F

square

#272A9C #9C2764 #9C9927 #279C5F

split-complementary

#272A9C #9C5F27 #649C27

monochromatic

#0F103A #1B1D6B #272A9C #3438CC #6568D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#272A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#272A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A9C

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A9C	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.179 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565ba',
    500: '#272a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a9c;
$custom-light: #7565ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37143,
    "c": 0.17892,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A9C

secondary

#BEBC61

accent

#DF45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A9C

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

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