#272C9A#272C9A

#272C9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.174 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C9A
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 36.41, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 70.32, 301.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0068 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.174 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5682, 4.5650, 31.0479)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C9A #9A9527

analogous

#27669A #272C9A #5B279A

triadic

#272C9A #9A272C #2C9A27

tetradic

#272C9A #9A2766 #9A9527 #279A5B

square

#272C9A #9A2766 #9A9527 #279A5B

split-complementary

#272C9A #9A5B27 #669A27

monochromatic

#0E1038 #1B1E69 #272C9A #333ACB #6469D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#272C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#272C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C9A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C9A	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.174 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466b9',
    500: '#272c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c9a;
$custom-light: #7466b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37253,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C9A

secondary

#BDB95F

accent

#DC45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C9A

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

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