#272AA7#272AA7

#272AA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.193 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA7
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 167)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 42.12, -66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 78.76, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0058 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.193 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6374, 4.8764, 37.0377)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA7 #A7A427

analogous

#276AA7 #272AA7 #6427A7

triadic

#272AA7 #A7272A #2AA727

tetradic

#272AA7 #A7276A #A7A427 #27A764

square

#272AA7 #A7276A #A7A427 #27A764

split-complementary

#272AA7 #A76427 #6AA727

monochromatic

#101144 #1B1E75 #272AA7 #3A3ED1 #6C6EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#272AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272AA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA7

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA7	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.193 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c2',
    500: '#272aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa7;
$custom-light: #7765c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.594,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38316,
    "c": 0.19273,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA7

secondary

#C3C167

accent

#E143E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA7

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

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