Recognised as Colour

#271D37

#271D37
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#271D37 is a violet with RGB values 39, 29, 55 and HSL 263°, 31%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#271D37

RGBrgb(39, 29, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.1137, 0.2157

RGB percentages15.3%, 11.4%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(263.1, 31%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 47.3%, 21.6%)

CMYK29.1%, 47.3%, 0%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,563,383

CSS custom property--colour: #271D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#D8E2C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#162238no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#182236no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Tritanopia#242127no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 39.9 Slate grey · ΔE 42.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2D371D

Analogous#1D2037, #341D37

Triadic#37271D, #1D3727

Split complementary#37341D, #20371D

Tetradic#371D20, #2D371D, #1D3734

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#886EB2

Lighter +30%#6E529B

Lighter +20%#56407A

Lighter +10%#3F2F58

Darker −10%#0F0B16

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#251242

Less saturated −25%#29272D

Channel breakdown

R39

G29

B55

Red39 (15.3%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue263.08°

Saturation (HSL)30.95%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G 1D · B 37

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