#271C55#271C55

#271C55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.099 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271C55
RGB	rgb(39, 28, 85)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.05, 22.25, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.05, 39.78, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% 0.0288 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.099 287)
XYZ	xyz(2.8912, 1.9176, 8.8104)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271C55 #4A551C

analogous

#1C2E55 #271C55 #441C55

triadic

#271C55 #55271C #1C5527

tetradic

#271C55 #551C2E #4A551C #1C5544

square

#271C55 #551C2E #4A551C #1C5544

split-complementary

#271C55 #55441C #2E551C

monochromatic

#0B0817 #120D27 #271C55 #3C2B83 #513AB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.18

#271C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#271C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271C55

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271C55	1.00	15.18	1.38	15.18
#FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 28, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.099 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665885',
    500: '#271c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271c55;
$custom-light: #665885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27704,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.01918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271C55

secondary

#7D8B42

accent

#DA4EBF

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271C55

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

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