#272DA6#272DA6

#272DA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.188 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DA6
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 40.01, -65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 76.39, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0046 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.188 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6557, 5.0603, 36.5896)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DA6 #A6A027

analogous

#276DA6 #272DA6 #6027A6

triadic

#272DA6 #A6272D #2DA627

tetradic

#272DA6 #A6276D #A6A027 #27A660

square

#272DA6 #A6276D #A6A027 #27A660

split-complementary

#272DA6 #A66027 #6DA627

monochromatic

#101243 #1B2074 #272DA6 #3A41D1 #6B70DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#272DA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272DA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DA6

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DA6	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272da6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.188 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7767c2',
    500: '#272da6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272da6;
$custom-light: #7767c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272da6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.165,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3866,
    "c": 0.18842,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DA6

secondary

#C3BE66

accent

#DD43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DA6

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

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