#272C95#272C95

#272C95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.168 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C95
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 149)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 34.63, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 67.48, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0075 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.168 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1604, 4.4019, 28.9002)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272C95 #959027

analogous

#276395 #272C95 #592795

triadic

#272C95 #95272C #2C9527

tetradic

#272C95 #952763 #959027 #279559

square

#272C95 #952763 #959027 #279559

split-complementary

#272C95 #955927 #639527

monochromatic

#0E0F34 #1A1E64 #272C95 #343AC6 #6166D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#272C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#272C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C95

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C95	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.168 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b5',
    500: '#272c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c95;
$custom-light: #7366b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36742,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C95

secondary

#BBB75D

accent

#DB46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C95

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

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