#272CA9#272CA9

#272CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.193 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CA9
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 41.64, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 78.64, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0046 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.193 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8964, 5.0963, 38.0432)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CA9 #A9A427

analogous

#276DA9 #272CA9 #6327A9

triadic

#272CA9 #A9272C #2CA927

tetradic

#272CA9 #A9276D #A9A427 #27A963

square

#272CA9 #A9276D #A9A427 #27A963

split-complementary

#272CA9 #A96327 #6DA927

monochromatic

#101246 #1C1F77 #272CA9 #3B41D2 #6D71DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#272CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#272CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CA9

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CA9	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.193 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c4',
    500: '#272ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ca9;
$custom-light: #7866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38826,
    "c": 0.19319,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CA9

secondary

#C4C068

accent

#DF42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CA9

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

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