#272BAA#272BAA

#272BAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.195 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BAA
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 42.57, -67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 79.79, 302.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0048 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.195 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9538, 5.0604, 38.5273)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BAA #AAA627

analogous

#276CAA #272BAA #6427AA

triadic

#272BAA #AA272B #2BAA27

tetradic

#272BAA #AA276C #AAA627 #27AA64

square

#272BAA #AA276C #AAA627 #27AA64

split-complementary

#272BAA #AA6427 #6CAA27

monochromatic

#101246 #1C1E78 #272BAA #3C41D2 #6E71DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#272BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BAA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BAA	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.195 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c5',
    500: '#272baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272baa;
$custom-light: #7866c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.168,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38786,
    "c": 0.19544,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BAA

secondary

#C4C169

accent

#E142E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BAA

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

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