#272F9E#272F9E

#272F9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F9E
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 35.97, -60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 70.66, 300.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0046 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.176 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0227, 4.9321, 32.8703)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F9E #9E9627

analogous

#276A9E #272F9E #5A279E

triadic

#272F9E #9E272F #2F9E27

tetradic

#272F9E #9E276A #9E9627 #279E5A

square

#272F9E #9E276A #9E9627 #279E5A

split-complementary

#272F9E #9E5A27 #6A9E27

monochromatic

#0F123C #1B206D #272F9E #353FCD #666ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#272F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#272F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F9E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F9E	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7568bc',
    500: '#272f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f9e;
$custom-light: #7568bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.966,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38154,
    "c": 0.17604,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F9E

secondary

#BFB962

accent

#D944E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F9E

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

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