#272DAA#272DAA

#272DAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.193 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DAA
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 170)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 73.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 41.40, -66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 78.58, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.004 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.193 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0283, 5.2094, 38.5521)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DAA #AAA427

analogous

#276EAA #272DAA #6227AA

triadic

#272DAA #AA272D #2DAA27

tetradic

#272DAA #AA276E #AAA427 #27AA62

square

#272DAA #AA276E #AAA427 #27AA62

split-complementary

#272DAA #AA6227 #6EAA27

monochromatic

#101346 #1C2078 #272DAA #3C43D2 #6E73DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#272DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#272DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DAA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DAA	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.193 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7867c5',
    500: '#272daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272daa;
$custom-light: #7867c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.252,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39083,
    "c": 0.19342,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DAA

secondary

#C4C069

accent

#DE42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DAA

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

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