#270B28#270B28

#270B28 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.066 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#270B28
RGB	rgb(39, 11, 40)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.44, 19.72, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.44, 23.72, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(21.03% 0.0545 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(21.03% 0.066 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3393, 0.8240, 2.0956)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#270B28 #0C280B

analogous

#180B28 #270B28 #280B1B

triadic

#270B28 #28270B #0B2827

tetradic

#270B28 #28180B #0C280B #0B1B28

square

#270B28 #28180B #0C280B #0B1B28

split-complementary

#270B28 #1B280B #0B2818

monochromatic

#170718 #170718 #270B28 #561858 #852588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.03

#270B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#270B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #270B28

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##270B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##270B28	1.00	18.03	1.16	18.03
#FFFFFF	18.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280F18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #270b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 11, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.066 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624c62',
    500: '#270b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #270b28;
$custom-light: #624c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#270b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21032,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#270B28

secondary

#2D642B

accent

#E0484D

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #270B28

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

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