#272B9F#272B9F

#272B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.182 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B9F
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 38.78, -62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 73.75, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0066 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.182 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9565, 4.6615, 33.2746)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B9F #9F9B27

analogous

#27679F #272B9F #5F279F

triadic

#272B9F #9F272B #2B9F27

tetradic

#272B9F #9F2767 #9F9B27 #279F5F

square

#272B9F #9F2767 #9F9B27 #279F5F

split-complementary

#272B9F #9F5F27 #679F27

monochromatic

#0F103D #1B1E6E #272B9F #363BCE #676BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#272B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#272B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B9F

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B9F	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.182 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bd',
    500: '#272b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b9f;
$custom-light: #7565bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37614,
    "c": 0.18168,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B9F

secondary

#C0BC62

accent

#DE44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B9F

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

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