#272DC4#272DC4

#272DC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.225 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272DC4
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 77%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 50.10, -77.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 92.36, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0003 -0.2247)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.225 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7355, 6.2923, 52.8099)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272DC4 #C4BE27

analogous

#277BC4 #272DC4 #6F27C4

triadic

#272DC4 #C4272D #2DC427

tetradic

#272DC4 #C4277B #C4BE27 #27C46F

square

#272DC4 #C4277B #C4BE27 #27C46F

split-complementary

#272DC4 #C46F27 #7BC427

monochromatic

#13165E #1D2191 #272DC4 #4D52DC #8084E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#272DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#272DC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272DC4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272DC4	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.225 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e68d7',
    500: '#272dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272dc4;
$custom-light: #7e68d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.707,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41908,
    "c": 0.22474,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272DC4

secondary

#CECB79

accent

#E33EEA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272DC4

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

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