#272F9D#272F9D

#272F9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F9D
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 35.61, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 70.09, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0047 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.175 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9370, 4.8979, 32.4188)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F9D #9D9527

analogous

#276A9D #272F9D #5A279D

triadic

#272F9D #9D272F #2F9D27

tetradic

#272F9D #9D276A #9D9527 #279D5A

square

#272F9D #9D276A #9D9527 #279D5A

split-complementary

#272F9D #9D5A27 #6A9D27

monochromatic

#0F123B #1B206C #272F9D #353FCD #666DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#272F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F9D

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F9D	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7468bb',
    500: '#272f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f9d;
$custom-light: #7468bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38052,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F9D

secondary

#BFB861

accent

#D944E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F9D

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

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