#272C9B#272C9B

#272C9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.175 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C9B
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 36.76, -60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 70.88, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0067 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.175 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6518, 4.5985, 31.4883)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C9B #9B9627

analogous

#27669B #272C9B #5C279B

triadic

#272C9B #9B272C #2C9B27

tetradic

#272C9B #9B2766 #9B9627 #279B5C

square

#272C9B #9B2766 #9B9627 #279B5C

split-complementary

#272C9B #9B5C27 #669B27

monochromatic

#0E1039 #1B1E6A #272C9B #333ACC #6469D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#272C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#272C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C9B

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C9B	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.175 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466ba',
    500: '#272c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c9b;
$custom-light: #7466ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.414,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37356,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C9B

secondary

#BEBA60

accent

#DC45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C9B

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

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