#6C27AB#6C27AB

#6C27AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.196 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C27AB
RGB	rgb(108, 39, 171)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 77.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 54.08, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 79.06, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1058 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.196 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2588, 7.5794, 39.2320)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C27AB #66AB27

analogous

#2A27AB #6C27AB #AB27A8

triadic

#6C27AB #AB6C27 #27AB6C

tetradic

#6C27AB #AB2A27 #66AB27 #27A8AB

square

#6C27AB #AB2A27 #66AB27 #27A8AB

split-complementary

#6C27AB #A8AB27 #27AB2A

monochromatic

#2D1047 #4D1C79 #6C27AB #8B3DD3 #A96EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#6C27AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#6C27AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C27AB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C27AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C27AB	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c27ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 39, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.196 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c5',
    500: '#6c27ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c27ab;
$custom-light: #9c69c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c27ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44768,
    "c": 0.19562,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C27AB

secondary

#95C569

accent

#E64290

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C27AB

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

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