#272CA6#272CA6

#272CA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.189 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA6
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 40.61, -65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 77.00, 301.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.005 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.189 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6180, 4.9849, 36.5770)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA6 #A6A127

analogous

#276BA6 #272CA6 #6227A6

triadic

#272CA6 #A6272C #2CA627

tetradic

#272CA6 #A6276B #A6A127 #27A662

square

#272CA6 #A6276B #A6A127 #27A662

split-complementary

#272CA6 #A66227 #6BA627

monochromatic

#101243 #1B1F74 #272CA6 #3A40D1 #6B70DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#272CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA6	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.189 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c2',
    500: '#272ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca6;
$custom-light: #7766c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.638,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38507,
    "c": 0.18946,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA6

secondary

#C3BF66

accent

#DF43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA6

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

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