#272CA3#272CA3

#272CA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.186 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA3
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 39.57, -64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 75.35, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0055 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.186 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3460, 4.8762, 35.1446)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA3 #A39E27

analogous

#276AA3 #272CA3 #6027A3

triadic

#272CA3 #A3272C #2CA327

tetradic

#272CA3 #A3276A #A39E27 #27A360

square

#272CA3 #A3276A #A39E27 #27A360

split-complementary

#272CA3 #A36027 #6AA327

monochromatic

#0F1140 #1B1F72 #272CA3 #383ECF #696EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#272CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA3

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA3	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.186 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666bf',
    500: '#272ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca3;
$custom-light: #7666bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.581,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3819,
    "c": 0.18569,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA3

secondary

#C1BE64

accent

#DE43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA3

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

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