#27157E#27157E

#27157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.162 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27157E
RGB	rgb(39, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(250, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(250, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 40.02, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 68.29, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0253 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.162 279)
XYZ	xyz(4.8696, 2.4736, 19.9555)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27157E #6C7E15

analogous

#15387E #27157E #5C157E

triadic

#27157E #7E2715 #157E27

tetradic

#27157E #7E1538 #6C7E15 #157E5C

square

#27157E #7E1538 #6C7E15 #157E5C

split-complementary

#27157E #7E5C15 #387E15

monochromatic

#08041A #170C4A #27157E #371EB2 #4E31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#27157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#27157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27157E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27157E	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.162 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f56a5',
    500: '#27157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27157e;
$custom-light: #6f56a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30932,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.02474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27157E

secondary

#9FB33C

accent

#EE3ACF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #27157E

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

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