#272EA1#272EA1

#272EA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.181 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA1
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 37.65, -62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 72.99, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0048 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.181 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2445, 4.9577, 34.2337)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA1 #A19A27

analogous

#276BA1 #272EA1 #5D27A1

triadic

#272EA1 #A1272E #2EA127

tetradic

#272EA1 #A1276B #A19A27 #27A15D

square

#272EA1 #A1276B #A19A27 #27A15D

split-complementary

#272EA1 #A15D27 #6BA127

monochromatic

#0F123E #1B2070 #272EA1 #373FCE #686FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#272EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#272EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA1

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA1	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.181 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7567be',
    500: '#272ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea1;
$custom-light: #7567be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.557,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38297,
    "c": 0.18101,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA1

secondary

#C0BB63

accent

#DB44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA1

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

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