#272F99#272F99

#272F99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.170 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F99
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 34.17, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 67.81, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0052 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.17 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6010, 4.7635, 30.6497)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F99 #999127

analogous

#276899 #272F99 #582799

triadic

#272F99 #99272F #2F9927

tetradic

#272F99 #992768 #999127 #279958

square

#272F99 #992768 #999127 #279958

split-complementary

#272F99 #995827 #689927

monochromatic

#0E1137 #1B2068 #272F99 #333ECA #636BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#272F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#272F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F99

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F99	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.170 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7368b8',
    500: '#272f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f99;
$custom-light: #7368b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.789,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3765,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F99

secondary

#BDB65F

accent

#D845E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F99

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

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