#272C9D#272C9D

#272C9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.178 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C9D
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 37.47, -61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 72.01, 301.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0064 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.178 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8211, 4.6662, 32.3802)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C9D #9D9827

analogous

#27679D #272C9D #5D279D

triadic

#272C9D #9D272C #2C9D27

tetradic

#272C9D #9D2767 #9D9827 #279D5D

square

#272C9D #9D2767 #9D9827 #279D5D

split-complementary

#272C9D #9D5D27 #679D27

monochromatic

#0F113B #1B1E6C #272C9D #353BCD #666AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#272C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#272C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C9D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C9D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.178 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7566bb',
    500: '#272c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c9d;
$custom-light: #7566bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.458,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37563,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C9D

secondary

#BFBB61

accent

#DD44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C9D

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

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