#272BA4#272BA4

#272BA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.188 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA4
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 40.51, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 76.52, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0058 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.188 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3992, 4.8385, 35.6060)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BA4 #A4A027

analogous

#276AA4 #272BA4 #6227A4

triadic

#272BA4 #A4272B #2BA427

tetradic

#272BA4 #A4276A #A4A027 #27A462

square

#272BA4 #A4276A #A4A027 #27A462

split-complementary

#272BA4 #A46227 #6AA427

monochromatic

#0F1141 #1B1E73 #272BA4 #383DD0 #6A6EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#272BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#272BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA4	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.188 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666c0',
    500: '#272ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba4;
$custom-light: #7666c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.08,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38143,
    "c": 0.18798,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA4

secondary

#C2BF65

accent

#E043E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA4

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

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