#272CA8#272CA8

#272CA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.192 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA8
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 41.30, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 78.10, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0047 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.192 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8029, 5.0589, 37.5507)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA8 #A8A327

analogous

#276DA8 #272CA8 #6227A8

triadic

#272CA8 #A8272C #2CA827

tetradic

#272CA8 #A8276D #A8A327 #27A862

square

#272CA8 #A8276D #A8A327 #27A862

split-complementary

#272CA8 #A86227 #6DA827

monochromatic

#101245 #1B1F76 #272CA8 #3B41D1 #6C71DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#272CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA8	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.192 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c3',
    500: '#272ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca8;
$custom-light: #7766c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.674,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38719,
    "c": 0.19196,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA8

secondary

#C3C067

accent

#DF42E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA8

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

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