#272F9F#272F9F

#272F9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.177 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272F9F
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 36.32, -61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 71.22, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0045 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.177 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1091, 4.9667, 33.3255)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272F9F #9F9727

analogous

#276B9F #272F9F #5B279F

triadic

#272F9F #9F272F #2F9F27

tetradic

#272F9F #9F276B #9F9727 #279F5B

square

#272F9F #9F276B #9F9727 #279F5B

split-complementary

#272F9F #9F5B27 #6B9F27

monochromatic

#0F123D #1B206E #272F9F #3640CE #676EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#272F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#272F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272F9F

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272F9F	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.177 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7568bc',
    500: '#272f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272f9f;
$custom-light: #7568bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38255,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272F9F

secondary

#C0B962

accent

#D944E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272F9F

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

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