#272EB0#272EB0

#272EB0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.200 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EB0
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 176)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 42.87, -69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 81.24, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0026 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.2 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6475, 5.5188, 41.6227)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EB0 #B0A927

analogous

#2773B0 #272EB0 #6427B0

triadic

#272EB0 #B0272E #2EB027

tetradic

#272EB0 #B02773 #B0A927 #27B064

square

#272EB0 #B02773 #B0A927 #27B064

split-complementary

#272EB0 #B06427 #73B027

monochromatic

#11144C #1C217E #272EB0 #4047D5 #7277E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#272EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#272EB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EB0

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EB0	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.200 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7968c9',
    500: '#272eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272eb0;
$custom-light: #7968c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.934,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39871,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EB0

secondary

#C7C26C

accent

#DE41E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EB0

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

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