#272BB3#272BB3

#272BB3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.206 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BB3
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, 45.60, -71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 84.61, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0033 -0.2064)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.206 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8345, 5.4127, 43.1655)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BB3 #B3AF27

analogous

#2771B3 #272BB3 #6927B3

triadic

#272BB3 #B3272B #2BB327

tetradic

#272BB3 #B32771 #B3AF27 #27B369

square

#272BB3 #B32771 #B3AF27 #27B369

split-complementary

#272BB3 #B36927 #71B327

monochromatic

#11134E #1C1F81 #272BB3 #4146D6 #7477E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#272BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#272BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BB3

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BB3	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.206 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a66cb',
    500: '#272bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272bb3;
$custom-light: #7a66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39763,
    "c": 0.2064,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BB3

secondary

#C8C56E

accent

#E241E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BB3

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

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