#272A9F#272A9F

#272A9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.183 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A9F
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 159)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(239, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 39.38, -63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 74.37, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0071 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.183 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9206, 4.5896, 33.2626)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A9F #9F9C27

analogous

#27669F #272A9F #60279F

triadic

#272A9F #9F272A #2A9F27

tetradic

#272A9F #9F2766 #9F9C27 #279F60

square

#272A9F #9F2766 #9F9C27 #279F60

split-complementary

#272A9F #9F6027 #669F27

monochromatic

#0F103D #1B1D6E #272A9F #3639CE #676ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#272A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#272A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A9F

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A9F	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.183 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bd',
    500: '#272a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a9f;
$custom-light: #7565bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3746,
    "c": 0.18273,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A9F

secondary

#C0BD62

accent

#E044E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A9F

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

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