#272DA4#272DA4

#272DA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.186 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DA4
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 164)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 39.32, -64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 75.28, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0049 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.186 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4737, 4.9875, 35.6309)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DA4 #A49E27

analogous

#276CA4 #272DA4 #6027A4

triadic

#272DA4 #A4272D #2DA427

tetradic

#272DA4 #A4276C #A49E27 #27A460

square

#272DA4 #A4276C #A49E27 #27A460

split-complementary

#272DA4 #A46027 #6CA427

monochromatic

#0F1241 #1B1F73 #272DA4 #3840D0 #6A6FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#272DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272DA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DA4

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DA4	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.186 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667c0',
    500: '#272da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272da4;
$custom-light: #7667c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.12,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.1859,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DA4

secondary

#C2BD65

accent

#DD43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DA4

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

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