#271D28#271D28

#271D28 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.025 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271D28
RGB	rgb(39, 29, 40)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(295, 28%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.37, 7.40, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.37, 9.27, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.75% 0.0202 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(24.75% 0.025 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6590, 1.4633, 2.2021)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271D28 #1E281D

analogous

#211D28 #271D28 #281D23

triadic

#271D28 #28271D #1D2827

tetradic

#271D28 #28211D #1E281D #1D2328

square

#271D28 #28211D #1E281D #1D2328

split-complementary

#271D28 #23281D #1D2821

monochromatic

#110D12 #110D12 #271D28 #4A374B #6C506F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.25

#271D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#271D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271D28

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271D28	1.00	16.25	1.29	16.25
#FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 29, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.025 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615961',
    500: '#271d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271d28;
$custom-light: #615961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24747,
    "c": 0.02513,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271D28

secondary

#495947

accent

#B96F76

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271D28

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

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