#272B99#272B99

#272B99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.174 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B99
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 36.67, -60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 70.39, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0075 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.174 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4484, 4.4582, 30.5988)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B99 #999527

analogous

#276499 #272B99 #5C2799

triadic

#272B99 #99272B #2B9927

tetradic

#272B99 #992764 #999527 #27995C

square

#272B99 #992764 #999527 #27995C

split-complementary

#272B99 #995C27 #649927

monochromatic

#0E1037 #1B1D68 #272B99 #3339CA #6367D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#272B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B99

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B99	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.174 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465b8',
    500: '#272b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b99;
$custom-light: #7465b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.895,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36988,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B99

secondary

#BDBA5F

accent

#DD45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B99

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

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