#271B28#271B28

#271B28 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.030 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B28
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 40)
HSL	hsl(295, 19%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(295, 33%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.75, 8.86, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.75, 11.00, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(24.27% 0.0242 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(24.27% 0.03 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6116, 1.3684, 2.1863)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B28 #1C281B

analogous

#201B28 #271B28 #281B22

triadic

#271B28 #28271B #1B2827

tetradic

#271B28 #28201B #1C281B #1B2228

square

#271B28 #28201B #1C281B #1B2228

split-complementary

#271B28 #22281B #1B2820

monochromatic

#120C12 #120C12 #271B28 #4B344D #6E4C71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.49

#271B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#271B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B28

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B28	1.00	16.49	1.27	16.49
#FFFFFF	16.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281C20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.030 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615761',
    500: '#271b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b28;
$custom-light: #615761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24266,
    "c": 0.02992,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B28

secondary

#465A45

accent

#BC6C72

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B28

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

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