#271B4C#271B4C

#271B4C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.087 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B4C
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 76)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.04, 19.86, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.04, 34.71, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(26.73% 0.0305 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(26.73% 0.087 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5328, 1.7369, 7.0379)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B4C #404C1B

analogous

#1B274C #271B4C #3F1B4C

triadic

#271B4C #4C271B #1B4C27

tetradic

#271B4C #4C1B27 #404C1B #1B4C3F

square

#271B4C #4C1B27 #404C1B #1B4C3F

split-complementary

#271B4C #4C3F1B #274C1B

monochromatic

#0C0817 #100B1F #271B4C #3E2B79 #553BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#271B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#271B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B4C

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B4C	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00254E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01234B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.087 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64587e',
    500: '#271b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b4c;
$custom-light: #64587e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2673,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B4C

secondary

#728241

accent

#D751B6

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B4C

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

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