#271E4D#271E4D

#271E4D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.083 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#271E4D
RGB	rgb(39, 30, 77)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 61%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.93, 18.11, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.93, 33.11, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(27.41% 0.0264 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(27.41% 0.083 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6401, 1.8956, 7.2465)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#271E4D #444D1E

analogous

#1E2C4D #271E4D #3E1E4D

triadic

#271E4D #4D271E #1E4D27

tetradic

#271E4D #4D1E2C #444D1E #1E4D3E

square

#271E4D #4D1E2C #444D1E #1E4D3E

split-complementary

#271E4D #4D3E1E #2C4D1E

monochromatic

#0B0916 #110D21 #271E4D #3D2F79 #5440A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.23

#271E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#271E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #271E4D

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##271E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##271E4D	1.00	15.23	1.38	15.23
#FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05274F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06244C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #271e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 30, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.083 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a7f',
    500: '#271e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #271e4d;
$custom-light: #645a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#271e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2741,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#271E4D

secondary

#768245

accent

#D454BB

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #271E4D

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

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