#272FAE#272FAE

#272FAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.196 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FAE
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 73%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 41.59, -67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 79.55, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0025 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.196 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4906, 5.5193, 40.6013)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FAE #AEA627

analogous

#2773AE #272FAE #6227AE

triadic

#272FAE #AE272F #2FAE27

tetradic

#272FAE #AE2773 #AEA627 #27AE62

square

#272FAE #AE2773 #AEA627 #27AE62

split-complementary

#272FAE #AE6227 #73AE27

monochromatic

#11144A #1C217C #272FAE #3E47D4 #7077DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#272FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#272FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FAE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FAE	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.196 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7969c7',
    500: '#272fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fae;
$custom-light: #7969c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39809,
    "c": 0.19636,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FAE

secondary

#C6C16B

accent

#DD41E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FAE

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

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