#272ABA#272ABA

#272ABA is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.216 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272ABA
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 186)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(239, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 77.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 48.45, -74.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 88.84, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0024 -0.2156)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.216 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5246, 5.6312, 46.9771)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272ABA #BAB727

analogous

#2773BA #272ABA #6E27BA

triadic

#272ABA #BA272A #2ABA27

tetradic

#272ABA #BA2773 #BAB727 #27BA6E

square

#272ABA #BA2773 #BAB727 #27BA6E

split-complementary

#272ABA #BA6E27 #73BA27

monochromatic

#121355 #1C1F87 #272ABA #4649D8 #797BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#272ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#272ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272ABA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272ABA	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.216 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c66d0',
    500: '#272aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272aba;
$custom-light: #7c66d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.776,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40402,
    "c": 0.21565,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272ABA

secondary

#CBC972

accent

#E540E8

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272ABA

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

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