#272AAD#272AAD

#272AAD is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.200 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AAD
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 44.15, -69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 81.99, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0047 -0.2)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.2 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2049, 5.1034, 40.0270)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AAD #ADAA27

analogous

#276DAD #272AAD #6727AD

triadic

#272AAD #AD272A #2AAD27

tetradic

#272AAD #AD276D #ADAA27 #27AD67

square

#272AAD #AD276D #ADAA27 #27AD67

split-complementary

#272AAD #AD6727 #6DAD27

monochromatic

#101249 #1C1E7B #272AAD #3E41D3 #7072DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#272AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#272AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AAD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AAD	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.200 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7965c7',
    500: '#272aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aad;
$custom-light: #7965c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.657,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38967,
    "c": 0.20009,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AAD

secondary

#C6C36A

accent

#E342E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AAD

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

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