#272FA0#272FA0

#272FA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.179 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA0
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 160)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, 36.68, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 71.79, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0044 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.179 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1962, 5.0016, 33.7843)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA0 #A09827

analogous

#276CA0 #272FA0 #5C27A0

triadic

#272FA0 #A0272F #2FA027

tetradic

#272FA0 #A0276C #A09827 #27A05C

square

#272FA0 #A0276C #A09827 #27A05C

split-complementary

#272FA0 #A05C27 #6CA027

monochromatic

#0F123E #1B216F #272FA0 #3640CE #676FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#272FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#272FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA0

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA0	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.179 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7568bd',
    500: '#272fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa0;
$custom-light: #7568bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38357,
    "c": 0.17862,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA0

secondary

#C0BA63

accent

#D944E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA0

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

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