#272F9A#272F9A

#272F9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.171 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F9A
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 34.53, -59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 68.38, 300.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0051 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.171 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6840, 4.7967, 31.0865)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F9A #9A9227

analogous

#27689A #272F9A #58279A

triadic

#272F9A #9A272F #2F9A27

tetradic

#272F9A #9A2768 #9A9227 #279A58

square

#272F9A #9A2768 #9A9227 #279A58

split-complementary

#272F9A #9A5827 #689A27

monochromatic

#0E1138 #1B2069 #272F9A #333ECB #646CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#272F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F9A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F9A	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.171 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7468b9',
    500: '#272f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f9a;
$custom-light: #7468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.826,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3775,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F9A

secondary

#BDB75F

accent

#D845E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F9A

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

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