#272AB1#272AB1

#272AB1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.205 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AB1
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 177)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(239, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 76.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 45.49, -70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 84.12, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.004 -0.2049)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.205 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5978, 5.2605, 42.0960)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AB1 #B1AE27

analogous

#276FB1 #272AB1 #6927B1

triadic

#272AB1 #B1272A #2AB127

tetradic

#272AB1 #B1276F #B1AE27 #27B169

square

#272AB1 #B1276F #B1AE27 #27B169

split-complementary

#272AB1 #B16927 #6FB127

monochromatic

#11124D #1C1E7F #272AB1 #4043D5 #7275E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#272AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#272AB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AB1

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AB1	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.205 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a66ca',
    500: '#272ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ab1;
$custom-light: #7a66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39405,
    "c": 0.20493,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AB1

secondary

#C7C56D

accent

#E341E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AB1

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

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