#272E9A#272E9A

#272E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.172 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E9A
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 35.16, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 69.03, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0056 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.172 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6445, 4.7176, 31.0733)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E9A #9A9327

analogous

#27679A #272E9A #5A279A

triadic

#272E9A #9A272E #2E9A27

tetradic

#272E9A #9A2767 #9A9327 #279A5A

square

#272E9A #9A2767 #9A9327 #279A5A

split-complementary

#272E9A #9A5A27 #679A27

monochromatic

#0E1138 #1B1F69 #272E9A #333DCB #646BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#272E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E9A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E9A	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.172 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467b9',
    500: '#272e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e9a;
$custom-light: #7467b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37582,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E9A

secondary

#BDB85F

accent

#D945E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E9A

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

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