#272CB1#272CB1

#272CB1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.203 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CB1
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 44.36, -70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 82.96, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0032 -0.203)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.203 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6705, 5.4060, 42.1202)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CB1 #B1AC27

analogous

#2771B1 #272CB1 #6727B1

triadic

#272CB1 #B1272C #2CB127

tetradic

#272CB1 #B12771 #B1AC27 #27B167

square

#272CB1 #B12771 #B1AC27 #27B167

split-complementary

#272CB1 #B16727 #71B127

monochromatic

#11134D #1C207F #272CB1 #4046D5 #7276E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#272CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#272CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CB1

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CB1	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.203 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a67ca',
    500: '#272cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cb1;
$custom-light: #7a67ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39687,
    "c": 0.20303,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CB1

secondary

#C7C46D

accent

#E141E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CB1

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

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