#272D96#272D96

#272D96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.168 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D96
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 150)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 70%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 34.36, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 67.40, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.0067 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.168 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2783, 4.5094, 29.3351)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D96 #969027

analogous

#276596 #272D96 #592796

triadic

#272D96 #96272D #2D9627

tetradic

#272D96 #962765 #969027 #279659

square

#272D96 #962765 #969027 #279659

split-complementary

#272D96 #965927 #659627

monochromatic

#0E1035 #1A1E65 #272D96 #343CC7 #6168D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#272D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#272D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D96

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D96	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.168 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b6',
    500: '#272d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d96;
$custom-light: #7366b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.757,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3701,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D96

secondary

#BCB65D

accent

#D946E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D96

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

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