#272DAD#272DAD

#272DAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.197 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DAD
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 173)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 74%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 42.43, -68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 80.22, 301.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0035 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.197 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.3154, 5.3242, 40.0638)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DAD #ADA727

analogous

#2770AD #272DAD #6427AD

triadic

#272DAD #AD272D #2DAD27

tetradic

#272DAD #AD2770 #ADA727 #27AD64

square

#272DAD #AD2770 #ADA727 #27AD64

split-complementary

#272DAD #AD6427 #70AD27

monochromatic

#101349 #1C207B #272DAD #3E44D3 #7075DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#272DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#272DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DAD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DAD	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.197 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7867c7',
    500: '#272dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272dad;
$custom-light: #7867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.313,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39402,
    "c": 0.19714,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DAD

secondary

#C6C16A

accent

#DF42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DAD

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

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