#272B9A#272B9A

#272B9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.175 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B9A
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 37.03, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 70.96, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0073 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.175 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5313, 4.4914, 31.0356)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B9A #9A9627

analogous

#27649A #272B9A #5C279A

triadic

#272B9A #9A272B #2B9A27

tetradic

#272B9A #9A2764 #9A9627 #279A5C

square

#272B9A #9A2764 #9A9627 #279A5C

split-complementary

#272B9A #9A5C27 #649A27

monochromatic

#0E1038 #1B1D69 #272B9A #3339CB #6468D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#272B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#272B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B9A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B9A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.175 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465b9',
    500: '#272b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b9a;
$custom-light: #7465b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.913,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37092,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B9A

secondary

#BDBA5F

accent

#DD45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B9A

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

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