#272AA8#272AA8

#272AA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.194 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA8
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 42.46, -66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 79.30, 302.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0056 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.194 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7302, 4.9135, 37.5265)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA8 #A8A527

analogous

#276AA8 #272AA8 #6527A8

triadic

#272AA8 #A8272A #2AA827

tetradic

#272AA8 #A8276A #A8A527 #27A865

square

#272AA8 #A8276A #A8A527 #27A865

split-complementary

#272AA8 #A86527 #6AA827

monochromatic

#101145 #1B1E76 #272AA8 #3B3ED1 #6C6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#272AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA8

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA8	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.194 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7865c3',
    500: '#272aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa8;
$custom-light: #7865c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.605,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38424,
    "c": 0.19396,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA8

secondary

#C3C167

accent

#E242E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA8

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

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