#272EA3#272EA3

#272EA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.184 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA3
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 38.36, -63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 74.10, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0045 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.184 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4223, 5.0288, 35.1700)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA3 #A39C27

analogous

#276CA3 #272EA3 #5E27A3

triadic

#272EA3 #A3272E #2EA327

tetradic

#272EA3 #A3276C #A39C27 #27A35E

square

#272EA3 #A3276C #A39C27 #27A35E

split-complementary

#272EA3 #A35E27 #6CA327

monochromatic

#0F1240 #1B2072 #272EA3 #3840CF #6970DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#272EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA3

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA3	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.184 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667bf',
    500: '#272ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea3;
$custom-light: #7667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.613,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38504,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA3

secondary

#C1BC64

accent

#DB43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA3

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

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