#271B4F#271B4F

#271B4F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.091 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B4F
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 79)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.29, 20.87, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.29, 36.65, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(26.99% 0.0304 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(26.99% 0.091 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6395, 1.7796, 7.6000)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B4F #434F1B

analogous

#1B294F #271B4F #411B4F

triadic

#271B4F #4F271B #1B4F27

tetradic

#271B4F #4F1B29 #434F1B #1B4F41

square

#271B4F #4F1B29 #434F1B #1B4F41

split-complementary

#271B4F #4F411B #294F1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100B21 #271B4F #3E2B7D #543AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.49

#271B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#271B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B4F

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B4F	1.00	15.49	1.36	15.49
#FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.091 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655881',
    500: '#271b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b4f;
$custom-light: #655881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26987,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B4F

secondary

#758541

accent

#D94FB9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B4F

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

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