#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
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 196)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 49.57, -77.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 91.81, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% -0.0006 -0.2238)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.224 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7741, 6.3695, 52.8227)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.50

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
##272EC4	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #272EC4

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

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