#272B9D#272B9D

#272B9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.179 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B9D
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 38.08, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 72.64, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0069 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.179 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7843, 4.5926, 32.3680)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B9D #9D9927

analogous

#27669D #272B9D #5E279D

triadic

#272B9D #9D272B #2B9D27

tetradic

#272B9D #9D2766 #9D9927 #279D5E

square

#272B9D #9D2766 #9D9927 #279D5E

split-complementary

#272B9D #9D5E27 #669D27

monochromatic

#0F103B #1B1E6C #272B9D #353ACD #6669D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#272B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#272B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B9D

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B9D	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.179 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bb',
    500: '#272b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b9d;
$custom-light: #7565bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.966,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37404,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B9D

secondary

#BFBC61

accent

#DE44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B9D

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

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