#272C97#272C97

#272C97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.170 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C97
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 35.34, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 68.62, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0072 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.17 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3214, 4.4663, 29.7484)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C97 #979227

analogous

#276497 #272C97 #5A2797

triadic

#272C97 #97272C #2C9727

tetradic

#272C97 #972764 #979227 #27975A

square

#272C97 #972764 #979227 #27975A

split-complementary

#272C97 #975A27 #649727

monochromatic

#0E1036 #1A1E66 #272C97 #343AC8 #6267D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#272C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#272C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C97

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C97	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.170 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b7',
    500: '#272c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c97;
$custom-light: #7366b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.321,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36945,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C97

secondary

#BCB85E

accent

#DB46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C97

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

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