#272AAE#272AAE

#272AAE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.201 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AAE
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(239, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 44.49, -69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 82.52, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0045 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.201 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3021, 5.1422, 40.5385)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AAE #AEAB27

analogous

#276EAE #272AAE #6827AE

triadic

#272AAE #AE272A #2AAE27

tetradic

#272AAE #AE276E #AEAB27 #27AE68

square

#272AAE #AE276E #AEAB27 #27AE68

split-complementary

#272AAE #AE6827 #6EAE27

monochromatic

#11124A #1C1E7C #272AAE #3E42D4 #7073DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#272AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#272AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AAE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AAE	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.201 271.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39076,
    "c": 0.2013,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AAE

secondary

#C6C46B

accent

#E341E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AAE

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

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