#272DAE#272DAE

#272DAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.198 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DAE
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 42.77, -68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 80.76, 301.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0033 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.198 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.4125, 5.3631, 40.5753)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DAE #AEA827

analogous

#2771AE #272DAE #6427AE

triadic

#272DAE #AE272D #2DAE27

tetradic

#272DAE #AE2771 #AEA827 #27AE64

square

#272DAE #AE2771 #AEA827 #27AE64

split-complementary

#272DAE #AE6427 #71AE27

monochromatic

#11134A #1C207C #272DAE #3E45D4 #7075DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#272DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#272DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DAE

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DAE	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.198 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7967c7',
    500: '#272dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272dae;
$custom-light: #7967c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39509,
    "c": 0.19838,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DAE

secondary

#C6C26B

accent

#DF41E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DAE

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

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