#271D55#271D55

#271D55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.097 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271D55
RGB	rgb(39, 29, 85)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.31, 21.57, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.31, 39.05, 303.53°)
OKLab	oklab(27.89% 0.0276 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(27.89% 0.097 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9153, 1.9658, 8.8184)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271D55 #4B551D

analogous

#1D2F55 #271D55 #431D55

triadic

#271D55 #55271D #1D5527

tetradic

#271D55 #551D2F #4B551D #1D5543

square

#271D55 #551D2F #4B551D #1D5543

split-complementary

#271D55 #55431D #2F551D

monochromatic

#0A0817 #120D27 #271D55 #3C2D83 #513CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.07

#271D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#271D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271D55

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271D55	1.00	15.07	1.39	15.07
#FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 29, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.097 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665985',
    500: '#271d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271d55;
$custom-light: #665985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27893,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271D55

secondary

#7E8A44

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271D55

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

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