#272AAA#272AAA

#272AAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.196 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AAA
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 43.14, -67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 80.38, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0052 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.196 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9179, 4.9886, 38.5153)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AAA #AAA727

analogous

#276BAA #272AAA #6527AA

triadic

#272AAA #AA272A #2AAA27

tetradic

#272AAA #AA276B #AAA727 #27AA65

square

#272AAA #AA276B #AAA727 #27AA65

split-complementary

#272AAA #AA6527 #6BAA27

monochromatic

#101146 #1C1E78 #272AAA #3C3FD2 #6E70DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#272AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AAA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AAA	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.196 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7865c5',
    500: '#272aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aaa;
$custom-light: #7865c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.626,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38641,
    "c": 0.19642,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AAA

secondary

#C4C269

accent

#E242E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AAA

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

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