#272CBA#272CBA

#272CBA is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.214 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CBA
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 186)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(238, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 76.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 47.37, -73.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 87.73, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0017 -0.2138)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.214 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5973, 5.7767, 47.0013)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CBA #BAB527

analogous

#2776BA #272CBA #6C27BA

triadic

#272CBA #BA272C #2CBA27

tetradic

#272CBA #BA2776 #BAB527 #27BA6C

square

#272CBA #BA2776 #BAB527 #27BA6C

split-complementary

#272CBA #BA6C27 #76BA27

monochromatic

#121455 #1C2087 #272CBA #464BD8 #797CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#272CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#272CBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CBA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CBA	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.214 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c67d0',
    500: '#272cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cba;
$custom-light: #7c67d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.959,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4067,
    "c": 0.21385,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CBA

secondary

#CBC872

accent

#E340E8

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0B0614

muted

#7C7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CBA

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

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