#272AA6#272AA6

#272AA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.191 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA6
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 41.78, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 78.21, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0059 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.191 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5453, 4.8395, 36.5528)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA6 #A6A327

analogous

#2769A6 #272AA6 #6427A6

triadic

#272AA6 #A6272A #2AA627

tetradic

#272AA6 #A62769 #A6A327 #27A664

square

#272AA6 #A62769 #A6A327 #27A664

split-complementary

#272AA6 #A66427 #69A627

monochromatic

#101143 #1B1D74 #272AA6 #3A3DD1 #6B6EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#272AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#272AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA6

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA6	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.191 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c2',
    500: '#272aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa6;
$custom-light: #7765c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.583,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38208,
    "c": 0.19148,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA6

secondary

#C3C066

accent

#E143E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA6

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

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