#271579#271579

#271579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.156 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271579
RGB	rgb(39, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(251, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.22, 38.44, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.22, 65.56, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.36% 0.0269 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(30.36% 0.156 280)
XYZ	xyz(4.5550, 2.3478, 18.2986)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271579 #677915

analogous

#153579 #271579 #591579

triadic

#271579 #792715 #157927

tetradic

#271579 #791535 #677915 #157959

square

#271579 #791535 #677915 #157959

split-complementary

#271579 #795915 #357915

monochromatic

#08051A #160C45 #271579 #381EAD #4D2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#271579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#271579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271579

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271579	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.156 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e56a1',
    500: '#271579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271579;
$custom-light: #6e56a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30356,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.02348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271579

secondary

#9AAF3B

accent

#ED3BCD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #271579

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

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