#6C27AA#6C27AA

#6C27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.195 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C27AA
RGB	rgb(108, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 53.84, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 78.56, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1061 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.195 303)
XYZ	xyz(14.1638, 7.5415, 38.7319)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C27AA #65AA27

analogous

#2A27AA #6C27AA #AA27A6

triadic

#6C27AA #AA6C27 #27AA6C

tetradic

#6C27AA #AA2A27 #65AA27 #27A6AA

square

#6C27AA #AA2A27 #65AA27 #27A6AA

split-complementary

#6C27AA #A6AA27 #27AA2A

monochromatic

#2D1046 #4C1C78 #6C27AA #8B3CD2 #A96EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#6C27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6C27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C27AA

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C27AA	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.195 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c4',
    500: '#6c27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c27aa;
$custom-light: #9c69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.603,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44685,
    "c": 0.19461,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.07541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C27AA

secondary

#94C469

accent

#E64290

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C27AA

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

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