#6B27AE#6B27AE

#6B27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.198 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B27AE
RGB	rgb(107, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 54.62, -59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 80.62, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.1036 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.198 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4270, 7.6327, 40.7494)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B27AE #6AAE27

analogous

#2827AE #6B27AE #AE27AE

triadic

#6B27AE #AE6B27 #27AE6B

tetradic

#6B27AE #AE2827 #6AAE27 #27AEAE

square

#6B27AE #AE2827 #6AAE27 #27AEAE

split-complementary

#6B27AE #AEAE27 #27AE28

monochromatic

#2E114A #4C1C7C #6B27AE #8A3ED4 #A870DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#6B27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#6B27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B27AE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B27AE	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.198 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c7',
    500: '#6b27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b27ae;
$custom-light: #9c69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44897,
    "c": 0.19849,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B27AE

secondary

#98C66B

accent

#E64193

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B27AE

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

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