#271B52#271B52

#271B52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.096 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B52
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 82)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 67.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.54, 21.90, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.54, 38.58, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(27.25% 0.0302 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(27.25% 0.096 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7512, 1.8243, 8.1882)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B52 #46521B

analogous

#1B2B52 #271B52 #431B52

triadic

#271B52 #52271B #1B5227

tetradic

#271B52 #521B2B #46521B #1B5243

square

#271B52 #521B2B #46521B #1B5243

split-complementary

#271B52 #52431B #2B521B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #110C24 #271B52 #3D2A80 #5339AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.39

#271B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#271B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B52

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B52	1.00	15.39	1.36	15.39
#FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.096 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655883',
    500: '#271b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b52;
$custom-light: #655883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2725,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B52

secondary

#788841

accent

#DA4EBB

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B52

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

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