#272AA9#272AA9

#272AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.195 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AA9
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 42.80, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 79.84, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0054 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.195 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8237, 4.9509, 38.0190)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AA9 #A9A627

analogous

#276BA9 #272AA9 #6527A9

triadic

#272AA9 #A9272A #2AA927

tetradic

#272AA9 #A9276B #A9A627 #27A965

square

#272AA9 #A9276B #A9A627 #27A965

split-complementary

#272AA9 #A96527 #6BA927

monochromatic

#101146 #1C1E77 #272AA9 #3B3FD2 #6D70DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#272AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#272AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AA9

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AA9	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.195 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7865c4',
    500: '#272aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aa9;
$custom-light: #7865c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38532,
    "c": 0.19518,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AA9

secondary

#C4C268

accent

#E242E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AA9

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

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