#271B49#271B49

#271B49 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.082 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B49
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 73)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 63%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.80, 18.85, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.80, 32.75, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(26.48% 0.0306 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(26.48% 0.082 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.4309, 1.6962, 6.5014)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B49 #3D491B

analogous

#1B2649 #271B49 #3E1B49

triadic

#271B49 #49271B #1B4927

tetradic

#271B49 #491B26 #3D491B #1B493E

square

#271B49 #491B26 #3D491B #1B493E

split-complementary

#271B49 #493E1B #26491B

monochromatic

#0C0816 #0F0A1C #271B49 #3F2C76 #573CA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.68

#271B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#271B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B49

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B49	1.00	15.68	1.34	15.68
#FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03244B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E252F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.082 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64577c',
    500: '#271b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b49;
$custom-light: #64577c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2648,
    "c": 0.08211,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B49

secondary

#6F7F41

accent

#D652B3

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#050309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B49

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

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