#272D9E#272D9E

#272D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D9E
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 37.21, -61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 71.94, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0057 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.178 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9446, 4.7759, 32.8443)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D9E #9E9827

analogous

#27689E #272D9E #5C279E

triadic

#272D9E #9E272D #2D9E27

tetradic

#272D9E #9E2768 #9E9827 #279E5C

square

#272D9E #9E2768 #9E9827 #279E5C

split-complementary

#272D9E #9E5C27 #689E27

monochromatic

#0F113C #1B1F6D #272D9E #353DCD #666CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#272D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D9E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D9E	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7567bc',
    500: '#272d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d9e;
$custom-light: #7567bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.975,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37826,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D9E

secondary

#BFBA62

accent

#DC44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D9E

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

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