#6A27AD#6A27AD

#6A27AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.197 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A27AD
RGB	rgb(106, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 54.22, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 80.17, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1024 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.197 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2104, 7.5322, 40.2323)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A27AD #6AAD27

analogous

#2727AD #6A27AD #AD27AD

triadic

#6A27AD #AD6A27 #27AD6A

tetradic

#6A27AD #AD2727 #6AAD27 #27ADAD

square

#6A27AD #AD2727 #6AAD27 #27ADAD

split-complementary

#6A27AD #ADAD27 #27AD27

monochromatic

#2D1049 #4B1C7B #6A27AD #893ED3 #A770DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#6A27AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6A27AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A27AD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A27AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A27AD	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a27ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.197 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b69c6',
    500: '#6a27ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a27ad;
$custom-light: #9b69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a27ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4469,
    "c": 0.1973,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A27AD

secondary

#98C66A

accent

#E64294

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A27AD

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

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