#272E9C#272E9C

#272E9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.175 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E9C
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 35.88, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 70.17, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0054 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.175 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8124, 4.7848, 31.9579)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E9C #9C9527

analogous

#27689C #272E9C #5A279C

triadic

#272E9C #9C272E #2E9C27

tetradic

#272E9C #9C2768 #9C9527 #279C5A

square

#272E9C #9C2768 #9C9527 #279C5A

split-complementary

#272E9C #9C5A27 #689C27

monochromatic

#0F113A #1B206B #272E9C #343DCC #656CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#272E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E9C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E9C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.175 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467ba',
    500: '#272e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e9c;
$custom-light: #7467ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.41,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37785,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E9C

secondary

#BEB961

accent

#DA45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E9C

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

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