#272FAF#272FAF

#272FAF is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.198 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FAF
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 175)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 41.94, -68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 80.09, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0023 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.198 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5884, 5.5585, 41.1167)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FAF #AFA727

analogous

#2773AF #272FAF #6327AF

triadic

#272FAF #AF272F #2FAF27

tetradic

#272FAF #AF2773 #AFA727 #27AF63

square

#272FAF #AF2773 #AFA727 #27AF63

split-complementary

#272FAF #AF6327 #73AF27

monochromatic

#11144B #1C227D #272FAF #3F48D4 #7178DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#272FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#272FAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FAF

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FAF	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.198 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7969c8',
    500: '#272faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272faf;
$custom-light: #7969c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39915,
    "c": 0.19759,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FAF

secondary

#C6C16B

accent

#DD41E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FAF

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

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