#271B4E#271B4E

#271B4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.090 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B4E
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 65.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.20, 20.53, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.20, 36.01, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(26.9% 0.0305 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(26.9% 0.09 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6034, 1.7652, 7.4098)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B4E #424E1B

analogous

#1B284E #271B4E #401B4E

triadic

#271B4E #4E271B #1B4E27

tetradic

#271B4E #4E1B28 #424E1B #1B4E40

square

#271B4E #4E1B28 #424E1B #1B4E40

split-complementary

#271B4E #4E401B #284E1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100B21 #271B4E #3E2B7B #543AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.52

#271B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#271B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B4E

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B4E	1.00	15.52	1.35	15.52
#FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.090 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655880',
    500: '#271b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b4e;
$custom-light: #655880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.269,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B4E

secondary

#748441

accent

#D850B8

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B4E

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

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