#272CAC#272CAC

#272CAC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.197 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CAC
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 42.67, -67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 80.27, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% 0.0041 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.197 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1813, 5.2103, 39.5435)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CAC #ACA727

analogous

#276FAC #272CAC #6527AC

triadic

#272CAC #AC272C #2CAC27

tetradic

#272CAC #AC276F #ACA727 #27AC65

square

#272CAC #AC276F #ACA727 #27AC65

split-complementary

#272CAC #AC6527 #6FAC27

monochromatic

#101248 #1C1F7A #272CAC #3D43D3 #6F73DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#272CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#272CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CAC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CAC	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.197 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7867c6',
    500: '#272cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cac;
$custom-light: #7867c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.744,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39147,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CAC

secondary

#C5C26A

accent

#E042E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CAC

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

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