#271B57#271B57

#271B57 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.103 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B57
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.97, 23.61, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.97, 41.76, 304.42°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% 0.0298 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.103 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.9484, 1.9032, 9.2270)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B57 #4B571B

analogous

#1B2D57 #271B57 #451B57

triadic

#271B57 #57271B #1B5727

tetradic

#271B57 #571B2D #4B571B #1B5745

square

#271B57 #571B2D #4B571B #1B5745

split-complementary

#271B57 #57451B #2D571B

monochromatic

#0A0717 #120D28 #271B57 #3C2986 #5138B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.21

#271B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#271B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B57

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B57	1.00	15.21	1.38	15.21
#FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#152A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.103 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665887',
    500: '#271b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b57;
$custom-light: #665887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27702,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B57

secondary

#7E8D41

accent

#DC4CBF

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B57

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

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