#272AC4#272AC4

#272AC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.227 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272AC4
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 196)
HSL	hsl(239, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 51.68, -78.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 93.98, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0005 -0.2273)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.227 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6251, 6.0714, 52.7731)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272AC4 #C4C127

analogous

#2778C4 #272AC4 #7327C4

triadic

#272AC4 #C4272A #2AC427

tetradic

#272AC4 #C42778 #C4C127 #27C473

square

#272AC4 #C42778 #C4C127 #27C473

split-complementary

#272AC4 #C47327 #78C427

monochromatic

#13145E #1D1F91 #272AC4 #4D4FDC #8082E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#272AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#272AC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272AC4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272AC4	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.227 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67d7',
    500: '#272ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ac4;
$custom-light: #7e67d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.854,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41524,
    "c": 0.22732,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272AC4

secondary

#CECD79

accent

#E63EEA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272AC4

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

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