#272EC4#272EC4

#272EC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.224 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#272EC4
RGBrgb(39, 46, 196)
HSLhsl(237, 67%, 46%)
HSVhsv(237, 80%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(80.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(30.33, 49.57, -77.28)
CIE-LCHlch(30.33, 91.81, 302.68°)
OKLaboklab(42.04% -0.0006 -0.2238)
OKLCHoklch(42.04% 0.224 269.8)
XYZxyz(11.7741, 6.3695, 52.8227)
Luminance0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#272EC4 #C4BD27
analogous
#277CC4 #272EC4 #6E27C4
triadic
#272EC4 #C4272E #2EC427
tetradic
#272EC4 #C4277C #C4BD27 #27C46E
square
#272EC4 #C4277C #C4BD27 #27C46E
split-complementary
#272EC4 #C46E27 #7CC427
monochromatic
#13165E #1D2291 #272EC4 #4D53DC #8084E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23
#272EC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27
#272EC4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EC4
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##272EC4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##272EC41.009.232.279.23
#FFFFFF9.231.0021.001.00
#0000002.2721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.231.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004FC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003FC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005B78
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #272ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.224 269.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e69d7',
    500: '#272ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #272ec4;
$custom-light: #7e69d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#272ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.325,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42041,
    "c": 0.22385,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#272EC4
secondary
#CECA79
accent
#E23EEA
background
#F8F6FD
surface
#F0EBFB
border
#CBC6D4
text
#0C0615
muted
#7D7A83

Preview Lab

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#272EC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva