#272AA2#272AA2

#272AA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.186 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA2
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(239, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 40.41, -64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 76.03, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0066 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.187 272)
XYZ	xyz(8.1841, 4.6950, 34.6503)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA2 #A29F27

analogous

#2767A2 #272AA2 #6227A2

triadic

#272AA2 #A2272A #2AA227

tetradic

#272AA2 #A22767 #A29F27 #27A262

square

#272AA2 #A22767 #A29F27 #27A262

split-complementary

#272AA2 #A26227 #67A227

monochromatic

#0F103F #1B1D71 #272AA2 #373BCF #696BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#272AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA2

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA2	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.186 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665bf',
    500: '#272aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa2;
$custom-light: #7665bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.537,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37779,
    "c": 0.1865,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA2

secondary

#C1BF64

accent

#E043E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA2

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

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