#272D9B#272D9B

#272D9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.174 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D9B
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 36.14, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 70.25, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0061 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.174 272)
XYZ	xyz(7.6895, 4.6739, 31.5009)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D9B #9B9527

analogous

#27679B #272D9B #5B279B

triadic

#272D9B #9B272D #2D9B27

tetradic

#272D9B #9B2767 #9B9527 #279B5B

square

#272D9B #9B2767 #9B9527 #279B5B

split-complementary

#272D9B #9B5B27 #679B27

monochromatic

#0E1139 #1B1F6A #272D9B #333BCC #646AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#272D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D9B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D9B	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.174 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466ba',
    500: '#272d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d9b;
$custom-light: #7466ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.897,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37518,
    "c": 0.17438,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D9B

secondary

#BEB960

accent

#DB45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D9B

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

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