#272B97#272B97

#272B97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.171 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B97
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 35.97, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 69.26, 301.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0078 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.171 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2846, 4.3927, 29.7361)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B97 #979327

analogous

#276397 #272B97 #5B2797

triadic

#272B97 #97272B #2B9727

tetradic

#272B97 #972763 #979327 #27975B

square

#272B97 #972763 #979327 #27975B

split-complementary

#272B97 #975B27 #639727

monochromatic

#0E0F36 #1A1D66 #272B97 #3439C8 #6266D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#272B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B97

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B97	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.171 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365b7',
    500: '#272b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b97;
$custom-light: #7365b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36781,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B97

secondary

#BCB95E

accent

#DD46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B97

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

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