#272FA1#272FA1

#272FA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.180 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA1
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 161)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 37.04, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 72.35, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0042 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.18 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2841, 5.0367, 34.2469)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA1 #A19927

analogous

#276CA1 #272FA1 #5C27A1

triadic

#272FA1 #A1272F #2FA127

tetradic

#272FA1 #A1276C #A19927 #27A15C

square

#272FA1 #A1276C #A19927 #27A15C

split-complementary

#272FA1 #A15C27 #6CA127

monochromatic

#0F123E #1B2170 #272FA1 #3741CE #686FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#272FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#272FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA1

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA1	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.180 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7568be',
    500: '#272fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa1;
$custom-light: #7568be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.066,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38459,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA1

secondary

#C0BA63

accent

#DA44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA1

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

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