#272BA8#272BA8

#272BA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.193 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA8
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 41.88, -66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 78.70, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0052 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.193 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7661, 4.9853, 37.5385)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BA8 #A8A427

analogous

#276BA8 #272BA8 #6427A8

triadic

#272BA8 #A8272B #2BA827

tetradic

#272BA8 #A8276B #A8A427 #27A864

square

#272BA8 #A8276B #A8A427 #27A864

split-complementary

#272BA8 #A86427 #6BA827

monochromatic

#101245 #1B1E76 #272BA8 #3B3FD1 #6C70DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#272BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA8	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.193 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c3',
    500: '#272ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba8;
$custom-light: #7766c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.14,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3857,
    "c": 0.19296,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA8

secondary

#C3C167

accent

#E042E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA8

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

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