#272EA8#272EA8

#272EA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.190 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA8
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 40.11, -65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 76.87, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0038 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.19 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8792, 5.2115, 37.5762)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA8 #A8A127

analogous

#276EA8 #272EA8 #6027A8

triadic

#272EA8 #A8272E #2EA827

tetradic

#272EA8 #A8276E #A8A127 #27A860

square

#272EA8 #A8276E #A8A127 #27A860

split-complementary

#272EA8 #A86027 #6EA827

monochromatic

#101345 #1B2076 #272EA8 #3B43D1 #6C73DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#272EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#272EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA8	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.190 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7768c3',
    500: '#272ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea8;
$custom-light: #7768c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.744,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39025,
    "c": 0.18989,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA8

secondary

#C3BE67

accent

#DD42E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA8

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

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