#272BA0#272BA0

#272BA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.183 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA0
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 160)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 73.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 39.13, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 74.31, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0064 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.183 272)
XYZ	xyz(8.0436, 4.6963, 33.7335)
Luminance	0.0470 (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

#272BA0 #A09C27

analogous

#2768A0 #272BA0 #6027A0

triadic

#272BA0 #A0272B #2BA027

tetradic

#272BA0 #A02768 #A09C27 #27A060

square

#272BA0 #A02768 #A09C27 #27A060

split-complementary

#272BA0 #A06027 #68A027

monochromatic

#0F113E #1B1E6F #272BA0 #363BCE #676BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#272BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#272BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA0

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA0	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.183 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bd',
    500: '#272ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba0;
$custom-light: #7565bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.017,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37719,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA0

secondary

#C0BD63

accent

#DF44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA0

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

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