#272B9C#272B9C

#272B9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.178 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B9C
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 37.73, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 72.08, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0071 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.178 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6993, 4.5586, 31.9202)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B9C #9C9827

analogous

#27659C #272B9C #5D279C

triadic

#272B9C #9C272B #2B9C27

tetradic

#272B9C #9C2765 #9C9827 #279C5D

square

#272B9C #9C2765 #9C9827 #279C5D

split-complementary

#272B9C #9C5D27 #659C27

monochromatic

#0F103A #1B1E6B #272B9C #3439CC #6569D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#272B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#272B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B9C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B9C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.178 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465ba',
    500: '#272b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b9c;
$custom-light: #7465ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.949,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.373,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B9C

secondary

#BEBB61

accent

#DE45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B9C

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

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