#272EA9#272EA9

#272EA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.191 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA9
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 40.46, -66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 77.42, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0036 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.191 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9727, 5.2489, 38.0687)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA9 #A9A227

analogous

#276FA9 #272EA9 #6127A9

triadic

#272EA9 #A9272E #2EA927

tetradic

#272EA9 #A9276F #A9A227 #27A961

square

#272EA9 #A9276F #A9A227 #27A961

split-complementary

#272EA9 #A96127 #6FA927

monochromatic

#101346 #1C2077 #272EA9 #3B43D2 #6D73DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#272EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#272EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA9

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA9	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.191 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7768c4',
    500: '#272ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea9;
$custom-light: #7768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3913,
    "c": 0.19114,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA9

secondary

#C4BF68

accent

#DD42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA9

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

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