#272AA0#272AA0

#272AA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.184 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA0
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(239, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 39.72, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 74.92, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0069 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.184 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0077, 4.6245, 33.7215)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA0 #A09D27

analogous

#2767A0 #272AA0 #6127A0

triadic

#272AA0 #A0272A #2AA027

tetradic

#272AA0 #A02767 #A09D27 #27A061

square

#272AA0 #A02767 #A09D27 #27A061

split-complementary

#272AA0 #A06127 #67A027

monochromatic

#0F103E #1B1D6F #272AA0 #363ACE #676ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#272AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#272AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA0

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA0	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.184 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665bd',
    500: '#272aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa0;
$custom-light: #7665bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.512,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37566,
    "c": 0.18399,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA0

secondary

#C0BE63

accent

#E044E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA0

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

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