#6C27A5#6C27A5

#6C27A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.190 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C27A5
RGB	rgb(108, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 52.66, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 76.05, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.1073 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.19 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6998, 7.3559, 36.2881)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C27A5 #60A527

analogous

#2D27A5 #6C27A5 #A5279F

triadic

#6C27A5 #A56C27 #27A56C

tetradic

#6C27A5 #A52D27 #60A527 #279FA5

square

#6C27A5 #A52D27 #60A527 #279FA5

split-complementary

#6C27A5 #9FA527 #27A52D

monochromatic

#2B1042 #4C1B74 #6C27A5 #8C39D0 #A96ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#6C27A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#6C27A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C27A5

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C27A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C27A5	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c27a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.190 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b69c1',
    500: '#6c27a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c27a5;
$custom-light: #9b69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c27a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44274,
    "c": 0.18954,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C27A5

secondary

#8FC266

accent

#E5438C

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C27A5

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

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