#272B96#272B96

#272B96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.170 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B96
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 150)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 71.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 35.61, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 68.69, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0079 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.17 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2037, 4.3604, 29.3102)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272B96 #969227

analogous

#276396 #272B96 #5B2796

triadic

#272B96 #96272B #2B9627

tetradic

#272B96 #962763 #969227 #27965B

square

#272B96 #962763 #969227 #27965B

split-complementary

#272B96 #965B27 #639627

monochromatic

#0E0F35 #1A1D65 #272B96 #3439C7 #6166D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#272B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#272B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B96

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B96	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.170 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365b6',
    500: '#272b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b96;
$custom-light: #7365b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.838,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36679,
    "c": 0.17009,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B96

secondary

#BCB85D

accent

#DC46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B96

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

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