#272BB1#272BB1

#272BB1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.204 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BB1
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 75.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 44.93, -70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 83.54, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0036 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.204 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.6337, 5.3323, 42.1080)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BB1 #B1AD27

analogous

#2770B1 #272BB1 #6827B1

triadic

#272BB1 #B1272B #2BB127

tetradic

#272BB1 #B12770 #B1AD27 #27B168

square

#272BB1 #B12770 #B1AD27 #27B168

split-complementary

#272BB1 #B16827 #70B127

monochromatic

#11134D #1C1F7F #272BB1 #4045D5 #7276E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#272BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#272BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BB1

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BB1	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.204 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a66ca',
    500: '#272bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272bb1;
$custom-light: #7a66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39545,
    "c": 0.20398,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BB1

secondary

#C7C46D

accent

#E241E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BB1

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

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