#271E28#271E28

#271E28 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.023 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271E28
RGB	rgb(39, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(294, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(294, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 25%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.69, 6.68, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.69, 8.40, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(24.99% 0.0182 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(24.99% 0.023 323)
XYZ	xyz(1.6839, 1.5131, 2.2104)
Luminance	0.0151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271E28 #1F281E

analogous

#221E28 #271E28 #281E24

triadic

#271E28 #28271E #1E2827

tetradic

#271E28 #28221E #1F281E #1E2428

square

#271E28 #28221E #1F281E #1E2428

split-complementary

#271E28 #24281E #1E2822

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #271E28 #49384B #6B526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.12

#271E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#271E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271E28

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271E28	1.00	16.12	1.30	16.12
#FFFFFF	16.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.023 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615961',
    500: '#271e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271e28;
$custom-light: #615961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24992,
    "c": 0.02273,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.01513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271E28

secondary

#4A5949

accent

#B77178

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #271E28

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

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