#272E9D#272E9D

#272E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.176 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E9D
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 36.23, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 70.74, 300.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0053 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.176 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8974, 4.8188, 32.4057)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E9D #9D9627

analogous

#27699D #272E9D #5B279D

triadic

#272E9D #9D272E #2E9D27

tetradic

#272E9D #9D2769 #9D9627 #279D5B

square

#272E9D #9D2769 #9D9627 #279D5B

split-complementary

#272E9D #9D5B27 #699D27

monochromatic

#0F113B #1B206C #272E9D #353ECD #666CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#272E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E9D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E9D	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.176 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bb',
    500: '#272e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e9d;
$custom-light: #7467bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.441,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37887,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E9D

secondary

#BFB961

accent

#DA44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E9D

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

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