#272E96#272E96

#272E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.167 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E96
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 33.72, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 66.75, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0061 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.167 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3169, 4.5866, 29.3479)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E96 #968F27

analogous

#276696 #272E96 #582796

triadic

#272E96 #96272E #2E9627

tetradic

#272E96 #962766 #968F27 #279658

square

#272E96 #962766 #968F27 #279658

split-complementary

#272E96 #965827 #669627

monochromatic

#0E1035 #1A1F65 #272E96 #343DC7 #6169D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#272E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#272E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E96

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E96	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.167 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367b6',
    500: '#272e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e96;
$custom-light: #7367b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.216,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3718,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E96

secondary

#BCB65D

accent

#D846E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E96

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

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