#272AB3#272AB3

#272AB3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.207 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AB3
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(239, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 46.15, -71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 85.18, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0036 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.207 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.7986, 5.3408, 43.1536)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AB3 #B3B027

analogous

#2770B3 #272AB3 #6A27B3

triadic

#272AB3 #B3272A #2AB327

tetradic

#272AB3 #B32770 #B3B027 #27B36A

square

#272AB3 #B32770 #B3B027 #27B36A

split-complementary

#272AB3 #B36A27 #70B327

monochromatic

#11124E #1C1E81 #272AB3 #4145D6 #7476E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#272AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#272AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AB3

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AB3	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.207 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a66cb',
    500: '#272ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ab3;
$custom-light: #7a66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39626,
    "c": 0.20733,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AB3

secondary

#C8C66E

accent

#E441E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AB3

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

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