#271B2A#271B2A

#271B2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.033 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B2A
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 42)
HSL	hsl(288, 22%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(288, 36%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.84, 9.37, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.84, 12.22, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(24.37% 0.0249 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(24.37% 0.033 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6465, 1.3824, 2.3701)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B2A #1E2A1B

analogous

#1F1B2A #271B2A #2A1B25

triadic

#271B2A #2A271B #1B2A27

tetradic

#271B2A #2A1F1B #1E2A1B #1B252A

square

#271B2A #2A1F1B #1E2A1B #1B252A

split-complementary

#271B2A #252A1B #1B2A1F

monochromatic

#110C13 #110C13 #271B2A #4A334F #6C4B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.45

#271B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#271B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B2A

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B2A	1.00	16.45	1.28	16.45
#FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271D20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.033 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615763',
    500: '#271b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b2a;
$custom-light: #615763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24369,
    "c": 0.03282,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B2A

secondary

#495D44

accent

#BE6A7A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B2A

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

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