#272B9B#272B9B

#272B9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.177 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B9B
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 37.38, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 71.52, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0072 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.177 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6150, 4.5249, 31.4761)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B9B #9B9727

analogous

#27659B #272B9B #5D279B

triadic

#272B9B #9B272B #2B9B27

tetradic

#272B9B #9B2765 #9B9727 #279B5D

square

#272B9B #9B2765 #9B9727 #279B5D

split-complementary

#272B9B #9B5D27 #659B27

monochromatic

#0E1039 #1B1D6A #272B9B #3339CC #6468D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#272B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#272B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B9B

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B9B	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.177 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465ba',
    500: '#272b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b9b;
$custom-light: #7465ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37196,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B9B

secondary

#BEBB60

accent

#DE45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B9B

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

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