#272EA0#272EA0

#272EA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.180 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA0
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 37.30, -62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 72.43, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0049 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.18 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1567, 4.9225, 33.7712)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA0 #A09927

analogous

#276BA0 #272EA0 #5D27A0

triadic

#272EA0 #A0272E #2EA027

tetradic

#272EA0 #A0276B #A09927 #27A05D

square

#272EA0 #A0276B #A09927 #27A05D

split-complementary

#272EA0 #A05D27 #6BA027

monochromatic

#0F123E #1B206F #272EA0 #363FCE #676EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#272EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#272EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA0

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA0	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.180 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7567bd',
    500: '#272ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea0;
$custom-light: #7567bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.529,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38194,
    "c": 0.17973,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA0

secondary

#C0BB63

accent

#DB44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA0

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

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