#271D51#271D51

#271D51 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.091 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271D51
RGB	rgb(39, 29, 81)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.98, 20.18, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.98, 36.47, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(27.55% 0.0277 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(27.55% 0.091 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.7608, 1.9040, 8.0050)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271D51 #47511D

analogous

#1D2D51 #271D51 #411D51

triadic

#271D51 #51271D #1D5127

tetradic

#271D51 #511D2D #47511D #1D5141

square

#271D51 #511D2D #47511D #1D5141

split-complementary

#271D51 #51411D #2D511D

monochromatic

#0B0817 #110D24 #271D51 #3D2D7E #523DAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.21

#271D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#271D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271D51

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271D51	1.00	15.21	1.38	15.21
#FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 29, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.091 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655982',
    500: '#271d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271d51;
$custom-light: #655982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27545,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271D51

secondary

#798644

accent

#D751BD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271D51

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

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