#272EA2#272EA2

#272EA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.182 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA2
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 38.01, -62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 73.55, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0046 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.182 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3331, 4.9931, 34.7000)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA2 #A29B27

analogous

#276CA2 #272EA2 #5D27A2

triadic

#272EA2 #A2272E #2EA227

tetradic

#272EA2 #A2276C #A29B27 #27A25D

square

#272EA2 #A2276C #A29B27 #27A25D

split-complementary

#272EA2 #A25D27 #6CA227

monochromatic

#0F123F #1B2071 #272EA2 #3740CF #696FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#272EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA2

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA2	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.182 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667bf',
    500: '#272ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea2;
$custom-light: #7667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.585,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.384,
    "c": 0.18229,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA2

secondary

#C1BC64

accent

#DB43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA2

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

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