#272BBA#272BBA

#272BBA is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.215 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BBA
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 186)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(238, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 76.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 47.91, -74.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 88.29, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.002 -0.2147)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.215 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5605, 5.7031, 46.9891)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BBA #BAB627

analogous

#2775BA #272BBA #6D27BA

triadic

#272BBA #BA272B #2BBA27

tetradic

#272BBA #BA2775 #BAB627 #27BA6D

square

#272BBA #BA2775 #BAB627 #27BA6D

split-complementary

#272BBA #BA6D27 #75BA27

monochromatic

#121455 #1C1F87 #272BBA #464AD8 #797BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#272BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#272BBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BBA

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BBA	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.215 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c67d0',
    500: '#272bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272bba;
$custom-light: #7c67d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.367,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40535,
    "c": 0.21476,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BBA

secondary

#CBC872

accent

#E440E8

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0B0614

muted

#7C7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BBA

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

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