#272DA8#272DA8

#272DA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.191 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DA8
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 168)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 40.71, -65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 77.49, 301.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.0043 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.191 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8406, 5.1343, 37.5633)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DA8 #A8A227

analogous

#276EA8 #272DA8 #6127A8

triadic

#272DA8 #A8272D #2DA827

tetradic

#272DA8 #A8276E #A8A227 #27A861

square

#272DA8 #A8276E #A8A227 #27A861

split-complementary

#272DA8 #A86127 #6EA827

monochromatic

#101245 #1B2076 #272DA8 #3B42D1 #6C72DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#272DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#272DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DA8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DA8	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.191 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7767c3',
    500: '#272da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272da8;
$custom-light: #7767c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.209,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38871,
    "c": 0.19093,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DA8

secondary

#C3BF67

accent

#DE42E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DA8

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

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