#271C4E#271C4E

#271C4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.088 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271C4E
RGB	rgb(39, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 64.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.47, 19.85, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.47, 35.27, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.09% 0.0291 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(27.09% 0.088 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.6267, 1.8118, 7.4176)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271C4E #434E1C

analogous

#1C2A4E #271C4E #401C4E

triadic

#271C4E #4E271C #1C4E27

tetradic

#271C4E #4E1C2A #434E1C #1C4E40

square

#271C4E #4E1C2A #434E1C #1C4E40

split-complementary

#271C4E #4E401C #2A4E1C

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100C21 #271C4E #3E2C7B #543CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.41

#271C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#271C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271C4E

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271C4E	1.00	15.41	1.36	15.41
#FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.088 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655880',
    500: '#271c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271c4e;
$custom-light: #655880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27094,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271C4E

secondary

#758442

accent

#D751B9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271C4E

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

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