#272B95#272B95

#272B95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.169 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B95
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 35.26, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 68.12, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.008 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.169 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1236, 4.3283, 28.8880)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B95 #959127

analogous

#276295 #272B95 #5A2795

triadic

#272B95 #95272B #2B9527

tetradic

#272B95 #952762 #959127 #27955A

square

#272B95 #952762 #959127 #27955A

split-complementary

#272B95 #955A27 #629527

monochromatic

#0E0F34 #1A1D64 #272B95 #3439C6 #6165D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#272B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#272B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B95

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B95	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.169 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365b5',
    500: '#272b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b95;
$custom-light: #7365b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.818,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36576,
    "c": 0.16879,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B95

secondary

#BBB85D

accent

#DC46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B95

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

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