#271D4D#271D4D

#271D4D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.085 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271D4D
RGB	rgb(39, 29, 77)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 62%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.66, 18.81, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.66, 33.87, 303.74°)
OKLab	oklab(27.21% 0.0278 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(27.21% 0.085 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6152, 1.8458, 7.2382)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271D4D #434D1D

analogous

#1D2B4D #271D4D #3F1D4D

triadic

#271D4D #4D271D #1D4D27

tetradic

#271D4D #4D1D2B #434D1D #1D4D3F

square

#271D4D #4D1D2B #434D1D #1D4D3F

split-complementary

#271D4D #4D3F1D #2B4D1D

monochromatic

#0B0816 #100C21 #271D4D #3E2E79 #543EA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.34

#271D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#271D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271D4D

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271D4D	1.00	15.34	1.37	15.34
#FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03264F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04244C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 29, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.085 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64597f',
    500: '#271d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271d4d;
$custom-light: #64597f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27208,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271D4D

secondary

#758244

accent

#D553BA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271D4D

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

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