#272FA3#272FA3

#272FA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.182 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA3
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 163)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 37.74, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 73.47, 300.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.004 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.182 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4618, 5.1078, 35.1832)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA3 #A39B27

analogous

#276DA3 #272FA3 #5D27A3

triadic

#272FA3 #A3272F #2FA327

tetradic

#272FA3 #A3276D #A39B27 #27A35D

square

#272FA3 #A3276D #A39B27 #27A35D

split-complementary

#272FA3 #A35D27 #6DA327

monochromatic

#0F1340 #1B2172 #272FA3 #3842CF #6971DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#272FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#272FA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA3

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA3	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.182 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668bf',
    500: '#272fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa3;
$custom-light: #7668bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38664,
    "c": 0.18248,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA3

secondary

#C1BB64

accent

#DA43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA3

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

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