#6C27A2#6C27A2

#6C27A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.186 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C27A2
RGB	rgb(108, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 51.96, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 74.54, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.1079 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.186 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4300, 7.2479, 34.8669)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C27A2 #5DA227

analogous

#2F27A2 #6C27A2 #A2279A

triadic

#6C27A2 #A26C27 #27A26C

tetradic

#6C27A2 #A22F27 #5DA227 #279AA2

square

#6C27A2 #A22F27 #5DA227 #279AA2

split-complementary

#6C27A2 #9AA227 #27A22F

monochromatic

#2A0F3F #4B1B71 #6C27A2 #8C37CF #A969DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#6C27A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6C27A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C27A2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C27A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C27A2	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c27a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.186 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b69be',
    500: '#6c27a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c27a2;
$custom-light: #9b69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c27a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44031,
    "c": 0.18648,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C27A2

secondary

#8DC164

accent

#E4438A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C27A2

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

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