#271B2B#271B2B

#271B2B is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.034 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B2B
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 43)
HSL	hsl(285, 23%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(285, 37%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.89, 9.63, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.89, 12.85, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(24.42% 0.0253 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(24.42% 0.034 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6646, 1.3897, 2.4656)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B2B #1F2B1B

analogous

#1F1B2B #271B2B #2B1B27

triadic

#271B2B #2B271B #1B2B27

tetradic

#271B2B #2B1F1B #1F2B1B #1B272B

square

#271B2B #2B1F1B #1F2B1B #1B272B

split-complementary

#271B2B #272B1B #1B2B1F

monochromatic

#110C13 #110C13 #271B2B #493351 #6B4A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.43

#271B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#271B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B2B

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B2B	1.00	16.43	1.28	16.43
#FFFFFF	16.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.034 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615764',
    500: '#271b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b2b;
$custom-light: #615764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24422,
    "c": 0.03431,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B2B

secondary

#4A5E44

accent

#BF687E

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B2B

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

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