#272FA9#272FA9

#272FA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.190 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA9
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 39.86, -65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 76.80, 301.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0032 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.19 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.0122, 5.3280, 38.0819)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA9 #A9A127

analogous

#2770A9 #272FA9 #6027A9

triadic

#272FA9 #A9272F #2FA927

tetradic

#272FA9 #A92770 #A9A127 #27A960

square

#272FA9 #A92770 #A9A127 #27A960

split-complementary

#272FA9 #A96027 #70A927

monochromatic

#101346 #1C2177 #272FA9 #3B45D2 #6D74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#272FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#272FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA9	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.190 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7768c4',
    500: '#272fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa9;
$custom-light: #7768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.308,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39285,
    "c": 0.1901,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA9

secondary

#C4BE68

accent

#DC42E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA9

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

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