#272BC4#272BC4

#272BC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.226 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272BC4
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 51.16, -78.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 93.45, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.0002 -0.2265)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.226 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6610, 6.1433, 52.7850)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272BC4 #C4C027

analogous

#2779C4 #272BC4 #7127C4

triadic

#272BC4 #C4272B #2BC427

tetradic

#272BC4 #C42779 #C4C027 #27C471

square

#272BC4 #C42779 #C4C027 #27C471

split-complementary

#272BC4 #C47127 #79C427

monochromatic

#13155E #1D2091 #272BC4 #4D50DC #8082E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#272BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#272BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272BC4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272BC4	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.226 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67d7',
    500: '#272bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272bc4;
$custom-light: #7e67d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.471,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4165,
    "c": 0.22648,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272BC4

secondary

#CECC79

accent

#E53EEA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272BC4

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

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