#272F97#272F97

#272F97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.167 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F97
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 33.44, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 66.66, 300.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0054 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.167 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4372, 4.6980, 29.7870)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F97 #978F27

analogous

#276797 #272F97 #572797

triadic

#272F97 #97272F #2F9727

tetradic

#272F97 #972767 #978F27 #279757

square

#272F97 #972767 #978F27 #279757

split-complementary

#272F97 #975727 #679727

monochromatic

#0E1136 #1A2066 #272F97 #343EC8 #626AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#272F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F97

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F97	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.167 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7368b7',
    500: '#272f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f97;
$custom-light: #7368b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37451,
    "c": 0.16686,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F97

secondary

#BCB55E

accent

#D746E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F97

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

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