#272BAE#272BAE

#272BAE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.200 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BAE
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 43.92, -69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 81.94, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0041 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.2 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3380, 5.2141, 40.5505)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BAE #AEAA27

analogous

#276FAE #272BAE #6727AE

triadic

#272BAE #AE272B #2BAE27

tetradic

#272BAE #AE276F #AEAA27 #27AE67

square

#272BAE #AE276F #AEAA27 #27AE67

split-complementary

#272BAE #AE6727 #6FAE27

monochromatic

#11124A #1C1F7C #272BAE #3E43D4 #7074DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#272BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#272BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BAE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BAE	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.200 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7966c7',
    500: '#272bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272bae;
$custom-light: #7966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.20034,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BAE

secondary

#C6C36B

accent

#E241E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BAE

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

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