#272129#272129

#272129 is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.017 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272129
RGB	rgb(39, 33, 41)
HSL	hsl(285, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.70, 4.76, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.70, 6.41, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(25.79% 0.0126 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(25.79% 0.017 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7807, 1.6792, 2.3277)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272129 #232921

analogous

#232129 #272129 #292127

triadic

#272129 #292721 #212927

tetradic

#272129 #292321 #232921 #212729

square

#272129 #292321 #232921 #212729

split-complementary

#272129 #272921 #212923

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #272129 #473C4B #68586D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.72

#272129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#272129 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272129

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272129	1.00	15.72	1.34	15.72
#FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 33, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.017 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615c62',
    500: '#272129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272129;
$custom-light: #615c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25789,
    "c": 0.0171,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272129

secondary

#50594D

accent

#B47484

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #272129

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

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