#271B5E#271B5E

#271B5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.113 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271B5E
RGB	rgb(39, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.61, 26.02, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.61, 46.14, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.36% 0.0289 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(28.36% 0.113 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2484, 2.0232, 10.8068)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271B5E #525E1B

analogous

#1B305E #271B5E #481B5E

triadic

#271B5E #5E271B #1B5E27

tetradic

#271B5E #5E1B30 #525E1B #1B5E48

square

#271B5E #5E1B30 #525E1B #1B5E48

split-complementary

#271B5E #5E481B #305E1B

monochromatic

#0A0718 #130D2E #271B5E #3B298E #4E36BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#271B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#271B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271B5E

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271B5E	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.113 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68588c',
    500: '#271b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271b5e;
$custom-light: #68588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28363,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271B5E

secondary

#859441

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #271B5E

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

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