#272FC4#272FC4

#272FC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.223 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FC4
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 196)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 76%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 49.02, -76.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 91.25, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0009 -0.2229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.223 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8136, 6.4485, 52.8359)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FC4 #C4BC27

analogous

#277DC4 #272FC4 #6D27C4

triadic

#272FC4 #C4272F #2FC427

tetradic

#272FC4 #C4277D #C4BC27 #27C46D

square

#272FC4 #C4277D #C4BC27 #27C46D

split-complementary

#272FC4 #C46D27 #7DC427

monochromatic

#13175E #1D2391 #272FC4 #4D54DC #8085E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#272FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#272FC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FC4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FC4	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.223 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6ad7',
    500: '#272fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fc4;
$custom-light: #7e6ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.943,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42175,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FC4

secondary

#CECA79

accent

#E13EEA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FC4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →