#272AA5#272AA5

#272AA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.190 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA5
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(239, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 41.44, -65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 77.67, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0061 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.19 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4539, 4.8030, 36.0715)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA5 #A5A227

analogous

#2769A5 #272AA5 #6327A5

triadic

#272AA5 #A5272A #2AA527

tetradic

#272AA5 #A52769 #A5A227 #27A563

square

#272AA5 #A52769 #A5A227 #27A563

split-complementary

#272AA5 #A56327 #69A527

monochromatic

#101142 #1B1D74 #272AA5 #393DD0 #6A6DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#272AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA5

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA5	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.190 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c1',
    500: '#272aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa5;
$custom-light: #7765c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38101,
    "c": 0.19025,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA5

secondary

#C2C066

accent

#E143E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA5

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

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