#272AA4#272AA4

#272AA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.189 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA4
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(239, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 41.10, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 77.12, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0063 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.189 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3632, 4.7667, 35.5941)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA4 #A4A127

analogous

#2769A4 #272AA4 #6327A4

triadic

#272AA4 #A4272A #2AA427

tetradic

#272AA4 #A42769 #A4A127 #27A463

square

#272AA4 #A42769 #A4A127 #27A463

split-complementary

#272AA4 #A46327 #69A427

monochromatic

#0F1141 #1B1D73 #272AA4 #383CD0 #6A6DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#272AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#272AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA4	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.189 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c0',
    500: '#272aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa4;
$custom-light: #7765c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.56,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37993,
    "c": 0.189,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA4

secondary

#C2C065

accent

#E143E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA4

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

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