#270C2A#270C2A

#270C2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.066 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#270C2A
RGB	rgb(39, 12, 42)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.78, 19.65, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.78, 24.21, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(21.33% 0.0531 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(21.33% 0.066 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3861, 0.8615, 2.2833)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#270C2A #0F2A0C

analogous

#180C2A #270C2A #2A0C1E

triadic

#270C2A #2A270C #0C2A27

tetradic

#270C2A #2A180C #0F2A0C #0C1E2A

square

#270C2A #2A180C #0F2A0C #0C1E2A

split-complementary

#270C2A #1E2A0C #0C2A18

monochromatic

#160718 #160718 #270C2A #531A5A #7F2789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#270C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#270C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #270C2A

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##270C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##270C2A	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07152B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #270c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 12, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.066 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624c63',
    500: '#270c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #270c2a;
$custom-light: #624c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#270c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21331,
    "c": 0.06601,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#270C2A

secondary

#32652D

accent

#DF4958

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #270C2A

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

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