#272AAC#272AAC

#272AAC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.199 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AAC
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 172)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 43.81, -68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 81.45, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0049 -0.1988)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.199 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1085, 5.0648, 39.5193)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AAC #ACA927

analogous

#276DAC #272AAC #6727AC

triadic

#272AAC #AC272A #2AAC27

tetradic

#272AAC #AC276D #ACA927 #27AC67

square

#272AAC #AC276D #ACA927 #27AC67

split-complementary

#272AAC #AC6727 #6DAC27

monochromatic

#101248 #1C1E7A #272AAC #3D41D3 #6F72DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#272AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AAC

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AAC	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.199 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7965c6',
    500: '#272aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aac;
$custom-light: #7965c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.647,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38858,
    "c": 0.19886,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AAC

secondary

#C5C36A

accent

#E242E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AAC

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

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