#272F9C#272F9C

#272F9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.173 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F9C
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 69.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 35.25, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 69.52, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0048 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.173 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8519, 4.8638, 31.9710)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F9C #9C9427

analogous

#276A9C #272F9C #59279C

triadic

#272F9C #9C272F #2F9C27

tetradic

#272F9C #9C276A #9C9427 #279C59

square

#272F9C #9C276A #9C9427 #279C59

split-complementary

#272F9C #9C5927 #6A9C27

monochromatic

#0F113A #1B206B #272F9C #343ECC #656DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#272F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#272F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F9C

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F9C	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.173 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7468ba',
    500: '#272f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f9c;
$custom-light: #7468ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.897,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37951,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F9C

secondary

#BEB861

accent

#D845E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F9C

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

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