#272DA3#272DA3

#272DA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.185 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DA3
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 163)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 38.97, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 74.73, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.005 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.185 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3837, 4.9516, 35.1571)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DA3 #A39D27

analogous

#276BA3 #272DA3 #5F27A3

triadic

#272DA3 #A3272D #2DA327

tetradic

#272DA3 #A3276B #A39D27 #27A35F

square

#272DA3 #A3276B #A39D27 #27A35F

split-complementary

#272DA3 #A35F27 #6BA327

monochromatic

#0F1240 #1B1F72 #272DA3 #383FCF #696FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#272DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#272DA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DA3

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DA3	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.185 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667bf',
    500: '#272da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272da3;
$custom-light: #7667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.097,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38346,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DA3

secondary

#C1BD64

accent

#DD43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DA3

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

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