#272D9A#272D9A

#272D9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D9A
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 35.79, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 69.68, 300.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0062 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.173 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6059, 4.6404, 31.0604)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D9A #9A9427

analogous

#27669A #272D9A #5B279A

triadic

#272D9A #9A272D #2D9A27

tetradic

#272D9A #9A2766 #9A9427 #279A5B

square

#272D9A #9A2766 #9A9427 #279A5B

split-complementary

#272D9A #9A5B27 #669A27

monochromatic

#0E1038 #1B1F69 #272D9A #333BCB #646AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#272D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#272D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D9A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D9A	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466b9',
    500: '#272d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d9a;
$custom-light: #7466b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.87,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D9A

secondary

#BDB85F

accent

#DB45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D9A

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

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