#272EB1#272EB1

#272EB1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.201 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EB1
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 177)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 74%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 43.21, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 81.78, 301.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0025 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.201 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7468, 5.5586, 42.1457)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EB1 #B1AA27

analogous

#2773B1 #272EB1 #6527B1

triadic

#272EB1 #B1272E #2EB127

tetradic

#272EB1 #B12773 #B1AA27 #27B165

square

#272EB1 #B12773 #B1AA27 #27B165

split-complementary

#272EB1 #B16527 #73B127

monochromatic

#11144D #1C217F #272EB1 #4048D5 #7278E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#272EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#272EB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EB1

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EB1	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.201 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7968ca',
    500: '#272eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272eb1;
$custom-light: #7968ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39977,
    "c": 0.20106,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EB1

secondary

#C7C36D

accent

#DE41E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF9

border

#CAC6D2

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EB1

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

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