#272CB3#272CB3

#272CB3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.205 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CB3
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 45.04, -70.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 84.03, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0029 -0.2054)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.205 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8713, 5.4863, 43.1778)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CB3 #B3AE27

analogous

#2772B3 #272CB3 #6827B3

triadic

#272CB3 #B3272C #2CB327

tetradic

#272CB3 #B32772 #B3AE27 #27B368

square

#272CB3 #B32772 #B3AE27 #27B368

split-complementary

#272CB3 #B36827 #72B327

monochromatic

#11134E #1C2081 #272CB3 #4147D6 #7478E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#272CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#272CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CB3

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CB3	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.205 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a67cb',
    500: '#272cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cb3;
$custom-light: #7a67cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39904,
    "c": 0.20545,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CB3

secondary

#C8C56E

accent

#E141E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CB3

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

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