#271B50#271B50

#271B50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.093 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B50
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 80)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.37, 21.21, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.37, 37.30, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(27.07% 0.0304 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(27.07% 0.093 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6762, 1.7943, 7.7932)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B50 #44501B

analogous

#1B2950 #271B50 #411B50

triadic

#271B50 #50271B #1B5027

tetradic

#271B50 #501B29 #44501B #1B5041

square

#271B50 #501B29 #44501B #1B5041

split-complementary

#271B50 #50411B #29501B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #110C22 #271B50 #3D2A7E #543AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#271B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#271B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B50

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B50	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.093 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655881',
    500: '#271b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b50;
$custom-light: #655881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27074,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B50

secondary

#768641

accent

#D94FBA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B50

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

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