#272CA4#272CA4

#272CA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.187 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA4
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 39.92, -64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 75.90, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0053 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.187 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4360, 4.9121, 35.6183)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA4 #A49F27

analogous

#276BA4 #272CA4 #6127A4

triadic

#272CA4 #A4272C #2CA427

tetradic

#272CA4 #A4276B #A49F27 #27A461

square

#272CA4 #A4276B #A49F27 #27A461

split-complementary

#272CA4 #A46127 #6BA427

monochromatic

#0F1141 #1B1F73 #272CA4 #383ED0 #6A6EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#272CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA4

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA4	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.187 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666c0',
    500: '#272ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca4;
$custom-light: #7666c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38295,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA4

secondary

#C2BE65

accent

#DE43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA4

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

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