#272BA1#272BA1

#272BA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.184 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA1
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 39.47, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 74.86, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0063 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.184 272)
XYZ	xyz(8.1314, 4.7314, 34.1960)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BA1 #A19D27

analogous

#2768A1 #272BA1 #6027A1

triadic

#272BA1 #A1272B #2BA127

tetradic

#272BA1 #A12768 #A19D27 #27A160

square

#272BA1 #A12768 #A19D27 #27A160

split-complementary

#272BA1 #A16027 #68A127

monochromatic

#0F113E #1B1E70 #272BA1 #373CCE #686CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#272BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#272BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA1	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.184 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665be',
    500: '#272ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba1;
$custom-light: #7665be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37825,
    "c": 0.18421,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA1

secondary

#C0BD63

accent

#DF44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA1

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

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