#271C2B#271C2B

#271C2B is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.032 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271C2B
RGB	rgb(39, 28, 43)
HSL	hsl(284, 21%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.20, 8.91, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.20, 11.99, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(24.66% 0.0233 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(24.66% 0.032 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6879, 1.4363, 2.4733)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271C2B #202B1C

analogous

#201C2B #271C2B #2B1C28

triadic

#271C2B #2B271C #1C2B27

tetradic

#271C2B #2B201C #202B1C #1C282B

square

#271C2B #2B201C #202B1C #1C282B

split-complementary

#271C2B #282B1C #1C2B20

monochromatic

#110C13 #110C13 #271C2B #493450 #6A4C75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#271C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#271C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271C2B

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271C2B	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 28, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.032 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615864',
    500: '#271c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271c2b;
$custom-light: #615864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 21.127,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24658,
    "c": 0.03197,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271C2B

secondary

#4C5D45

accent

#BE6A80

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271C2B

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

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