#272C96#272C96

#272C96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.169 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C96
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 34.99, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 68.05, 300.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0073 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.169 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2406, 4.4340, 29.3225)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C96 #969127

analogous

#276496 #272C96 #592796

triadic

#272C96 #96272C #2C9627

tetradic

#272C96 #962764 #969127 #279659

square

#272C96 #962764 #969127 #279659

split-complementary

#272C96 #965927 #649627

monochromatic

#0E1035 #1A1E65 #272C96 #343AC7 #6167D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#272C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C96

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C96	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.169 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b6',
    500: '#272c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c96;
$custom-light: #7366b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.297,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36843,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C96

secondary

#BCB75D

accent

#DB46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C96

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

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