#272CAA#272CAA

#272CAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.194 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CAA
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 41.98, -67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 79.19, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0044 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.194 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9906, 5.1340, 38.5395)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CAA #AAA527

analogous

#276DAA #272CAA #6327AA

triadic

#272CAA #AA272C #2CAA27

tetradic

#272CAA #AA276D #AAA527 #27AA63

square

#272CAA #AA276D #AAA527 #27AA63

split-complementary

#272CAA #AA6327 #6DAA27

monochromatic

#101246 #1C1F78 #272CAA #3C42D2 #6E72DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#272CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#272CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CAA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CAA	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.194 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c5',
    500: '#272caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272caa;
$custom-light: #7866c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.71,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38933,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CAA

secondary

#C4C169

accent

#DF42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CAA

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

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