#272CA1#272CA1

#272CA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.183 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA1
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 38.87, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 74.24, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0058 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.183 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1682, 4.8050, 34.2083)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA1 #A19C27

analogous

#2769A1 #272CA1 #5F27A1

triadic

#272CA1 #A1272C #2CA127

tetradic

#272CA1 #A12769 #A19C27 #27A15F

square

#272CA1 #A12769 #A19C27 #27A15F

split-complementary

#272CA1 #A15F27 #69A127

monochromatic

#0F113E #1B1F70 #272CA1 #373DCE #686DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#272CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#272CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA1

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA1	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.183 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666be',
    500: '#272ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca1;
$custom-light: #7666be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.541,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3798,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA1

secondary

#C0BD63

accent

#DE44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA1

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

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