#271E49#271E49

#271E49 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.077 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271E49
RGB	rgb(39, 30, 73)
HSL	hsl(253, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(253, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, 16.74, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 30.47, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(27.09% 0.0262 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(27.09% 0.077 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5032, 1.8408, 6.5255)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271E49 #40491E

analogous

#1E2A49 #271E49 #3C1E49

triadic

#271E49 #49271E #1E4927

tetradic

#271E49 #491E2A #40491E #1E493C

square

#271E49 #491E2A #40491E #1E493C

split-complementary

#271E49 #493C1E #2A491E

monochromatic

#0C0916 #100C1E #271E49 #3E3074 #5542A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#271E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#271E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271E49

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271E49	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A264A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D2730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 30, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.077 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a7c',
    500: '#271e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271e49;
$custom-light: #645a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.558,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27091,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271E49

secondary

#727E45

accent

#D256B8

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#050309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #271E49

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

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