#272E98#272E98

#272E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.169 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E98
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 152)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 34.44, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 67.89, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.0059 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.169 272)
XYZ	xyz(7.4793, 4.6516, 30.2033)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E98 #989127

analogous

#276798 #272E98 #582798

triadic

#272E98 #98272E #2E9827

tetradic

#272E98 #982767 #989127 #279858

square

#272E98 #982767 #989127 #279858

split-complementary

#272E98 #985827 #679827

monochromatic

#0E1137 #1B1F67 #272E98 #333DC9 #636AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#272E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#272E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E98

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E98	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.169 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367b7',
    500: '#272e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e98;
$custom-light: #7367b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.283,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3738,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E98

secondary

#BCB75E

accent

#D945E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E98

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

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