#271B53#271B53

#271B53 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.097 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B53
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 83)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 67.5%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.62, 22.24, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.62, 39.22, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(27.34% 0.0302 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(27.34% 0.097 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.7895, 1.8396, 8.3900)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B53 #47531B

analogous

#1B2B53 #271B53 #431B53

triadic

#271B53 #53271B #1B5327

tetradic

#271B53 #531B2B #47531B #1B5343

square

#271B53 #531B2B #47531B #1B5343

split-complementary

#271B53 #53431B #2B531B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #110C25 #271B53 #3D2A81 #5239AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#271B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#271B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B53

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B53	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.097 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665884',
    500: '#271b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b53;
$custom-light: #665884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27339,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B53

secondary

#798941

accent

#DA4DBC

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B53

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

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