#272BA5#272BA5

#272BA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.189 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA5
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 40.86, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 77.06, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0056 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.189 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4898, 4.8748, 36.0835)
Luminance	0.0488 (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

#272BA5 #A5A127

analogous

#276AA5 #272BA5 #6227A5

triadic

#272BA5 #A5272B #2BA527

tetradic

#272BA5 #A5276A #A5A127 #27A562

square

#272BA5 #A5276A #A5A127 #27A562

split-complementary

#272BA5 #A56227 #6AA527

monochromatic

#101142 #1B1E74 #272BA5 #393ED0 #6A6EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#272BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA5

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA5	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.189 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c1',
    500: '#272ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba5;
$custom-light: #7766c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.095,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3825,
    "c": 0.18923,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA5

secondary

#C2BF66

accent

#E043E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA5

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

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