#272E99#272E99

#272E99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.171 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E99
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 34.80, -58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 68.46, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0058 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.171 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5615, 4.6845, 30.6365)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E99 #999227

analogous

#276799 #272E99 #592799

triadic

#272E99 #99272E #2E9927

tetradic

#272E99 #992767 #999227 #279959

square

#272E99 #992767 #999227 #279959

split-complementary

#272E99 #995927 #679927

monochromatic

#0E1137 #1B1F68 #272E99 #333DCA #636AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#272E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E99

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E99	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.171 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367b8',
    500: '#272e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e99;
$custom-light: #7367b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.316,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37481,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E99

secondary

#BDB75F

accent

#D945E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E99

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

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