#272A9D#272A9D

#272A9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.180 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A9D
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 38.68, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 73.26, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0074 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.18 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7484, 4.5208, 32.3560)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A9D #9D9A27

analogous

#27659D #272A9D #5F279D

triadic

#272A9D #9D272A #2A9D27

tetradic

#272A9D #9D2765 #9D9A27 #279D5F

square

#272A9D #9D2765 #9D9A27 #279D5F

split-complementary

#272A9D #9D5F27 #659D27

monochromatic

#0F103B #1B1D6C #272A9D #3538CD #6668D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#272A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#272A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A9D

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A9D	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.180 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bb',
    500: '#272a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a9d;
$custom-light: #7565bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.475,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37249,
    "c": 0.18019,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A9D

secondary

#BFBC61

accent

#DF44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A9D

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

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