#6A27AE#6A27AE

#6A27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.198 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A27AE
RGB	rgb(106, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 54.46, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 80.67, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1021 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.198 301)
XYZ	xyz(14.3075, 7.5711, 40.7438)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A27AE #6BAE27

analogous

#2728AE #6A27AE #AE27AE

triadic

#6A27AE #AE6A27 #27AE6A

tetradic

#6A27AE #AE2728 #6BAE27 #27AEAE

square

#6A27AE #AE2728 #6BAE27 #27AEAE

split-complementary

#6A27AE #AEAE27 #28AE27

monochromatic

#2D114A #4C1C7C #6A27AE #893ED4 #A770DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#6A27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6A27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A27AE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A27AE	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.198 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b69c7',
    500: '#6a27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a27ae;
$custom-light: #9b69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44775,
    "c": 0.19832,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.07571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A27AE

secondary

#99C66B

accent

#E64195

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A27AE

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

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