#272CAE#272CAE

#272CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.199 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CAE
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 43.35, -68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 81.35, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0037 -0.1993)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.199 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3748, 5.2877, 40.5627)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CAE #AEA927

analogous

#2770AE #272CAE #6627AE

triadic

#272CAE #AE272C #2CAE27

tetradic

#272CAE #AE2770 #AEA927 #27AE66

square

#272CAE #AE2770 #AEA927 #27AE66

split-complementary

#272CAE #AE6627 #70AE27

monochromatic

#11134A #1C1F7C #272CAE #3E44D4 #7074DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#272CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#272CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CAE

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CAE	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.199 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7967c7',
    500: '#272cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cae;
$custom-light: #7967c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39362,
    "c": 0.19937,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CAE

secondary

#C6C36B

accent

#E041E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CAE

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

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