#272C9F#272C9F

#272C9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.181 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C9F
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(238, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 38.17, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 73.13, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0061 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.181 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9933, 4.7351, 33.2869)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C9F #9F9A27

analogous

#27689F #272C9F #5E279F

triadic

#272C9F #9F272C #2C9F27

tetradic

#272C9F #9F2768 #9F9A27 #279F5E

square

#272C9F #9F2768 #9F9A27 #279F5E

split-complementary

#272C9F #9F5E27 #689F27

monochromatic

#0F113D #1B1E6E #272C9F #363CCE #676CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#272C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#272C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C9F

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C9F	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.181 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7566bd',
    500: '#272c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c9f;
$custom-light: #7566bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37771,
    "c": 0.18061,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C9F

secondary

#C0BC62

accent

#DD44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C9F

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

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