#272FA4#272FA4

#272FA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.184 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA4
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 38.10, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 74.03, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0038 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.184 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5518, 5.1438, 35.6569)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA4 #A49C27

analogous

#276EA4 #272FA4 #5E27A4

triadic

#272FA4 #A4272F #2FA427

tetradic

#272FA4 #A4276E #A49C27 #27A45E

square

#272FA4 #A4276E #A49C27 #27A45E

split-complementary

#272FA4 #A45E27 #6EA427

monochromatic

#0F1341 #1B2173 #272FA4 #3842D0 #6A71DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#272FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#272FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA4

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA4	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.184 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c0',
    500: '#272fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa4;
$custom-light: #7668c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.16,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38767,
    "c": 0.18376,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA4

secondary

#C2BC65

accent

#DA43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA4

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

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