#272E9E#272E9E

#272E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.177 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E9E
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 36.59, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 71.30, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0052 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.177 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9832, 4.8531, 32.8571)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E9E #9E9727

analogous

#27699E #272E9E #5B279E

triadic

#272E9E #9E272E #2E9E27

tetradic

#272E9E #9E2769 #9E9727 #279E5B

square

#272E9E #9E2769 #9E9727 #279E5B

split-complementary

#272E9E #9E5B27 #699E27

monochromatic

#0F113C #1B206D #272E9E #353ECD #666DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#272E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#272E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E9E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E9E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.177 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7567bc',
    500: '#272e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e9e;
$custom-light: #7567bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37989,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E9E

secondary

#BFBA62

accent

#DA44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E9E

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

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