#272CC4#272CC4

#272CC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.226 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272CC4
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 50.63, -77.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 92.91, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0001 -0.2256)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.226 270)
XYZ	xyz(11.6978, 6.2169, 52.7973)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272CC4 #C4BF27

analogous

#277AC4 #272CC4 #7027C4

triadic

#272CC4 #C4272C #2CC427

tetradic

#272CC4 #C4277A #C4BF27 #27C470

square

#272CC4 #C4277A #C4BF27 #27C470

split-complementary

#272CC4 #C47027 #7AC427

monochromatic

#13155E #1D2191 #272CC4 #4D51DC #8083E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#272CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#272CC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272CC4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272CC4	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.226 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e68d7',
    500: '#272cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272cc4;
$custom-light: #7e68d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.089,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41778,
    "c": 0.22561,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.06218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272CC4

secondary

#CECC79

accent

#E43EEA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272CC4

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

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