#271E4B#271E4B

#271E4B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.080 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271E4B
RGB	rgb(39, 30, 75)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 60%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 60%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.78, 17.42, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.78, 31.79, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(27.25% 0.0263 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(27.25% 0.08 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.5706, 1.8678, 6.8803)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271E4B #424B1E

analogous

#1E2B4B #271E4B #3D1E4B

triadic

#271E4B #4B271E #1E4B27

tetradic

#271E4B #4B1E2B #424B1E #1E4B3D

square

#271E4B #4B1E2B #424B1E #1E4B3D

split-complementary

#271E4B #4B3D1E #2B4B1E

monochromatic

#0B0916 #100D1F #271E4B #3E2F77 #5441A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#271E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#271E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271E4B

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271E4B	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08264D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09244A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 30, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.080 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a7e',
    500: '#271e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271e4b;
$custom-light: #645a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27249,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271E4B

secondary

#748045

accent

#D355BA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#05030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271E4B

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

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