#272BA6#272BA6

#272BA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.190 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA6
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 41.20, -65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 77.61, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0055 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.19 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5812, 4.9113, 36.5647)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BA6 #A6A227

analogous

#276BA6 #272BA6 #6227A6

triadic

#272BA6 #A6272B #2BA627

tetradic

#272BA6 #A6276B #A6A227 #27A662

square

#272BA6 #A6276B #A6A227 #27A662

split-complementary

#272BA6 #A66227 #6BA627

monochromatic

#101143 #1B1E74 #272BA6 #3A3ED1 #6B6FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#272BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA6

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA6	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.190 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c2',
    500: '#272ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba6;
$custom-light: #7766c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.11,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38356,
    "c": 0.19048,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA6

secondary

#C3C066

accent

#E043E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA6

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

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