#271C2A#271C2A

#271C2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.030 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271C2A
RGB	rgb(39, 28, 42)
HSL	hsl(287, 20%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.15, 8.65, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.15, 11.36, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.023 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.03 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6698, 1.4290, 2.3779)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271C2A #1F2A1C

analogous

#201C2A #271C2A #2A1C26

triadic

#271C2A #2A271C #1C2A27

tetradic

#271C2A #2A201C #1F2A1C #1C262A

square

#271C2A #2A201C #1F2A1C #1C262A

split-complementary

#271C2A #262A1C #1C2A20

monochromatic

#110C12 #110C12 #271C2A #49344F #6B4D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.33

#271C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#271C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271C2A

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271C2A	1.00	16.33	1.29	16.33
#FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 28, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.030 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615863',
    500: '#271c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271c2a;
$custom-light: #615863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24606,
    "c": 0.03046,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271C2A

secondary

#4A5C46

accent

#BD6B7D

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271C2A

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

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