#272BA9#272BA9

#272BA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.194 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BA9
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 42.23, -67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 79.24, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.005 -0.1941)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.194 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8596, 5.0227, 38.0310)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BA9 #A9A527

analogous

#276CA9 #272BA9 #6427A9

triadic

#272BA9 #A9272B #2BA927

tetradic

#272BA9 #A9276C #A9A527 #27A964

square

#272BA9 #A9276C #A9A527 #27A964

split-complementary

#272BA9 #A96427 #6CA927

monochromatic

#101246 #1C1E77 #272BA9 #3B40D2 #6D71DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#272BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BA9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BA9	1.00	10.47	2.00	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.194 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c4',
    500: '#272ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ba9;
$custom-light: #7866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38678,
    "c": 0.1942,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BA9

secondary

#C4C168

accent

#E142E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BA9

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

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