#6C27AE#6C27AE

#6C27AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.199 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6C27AE
RGBrgb(108, 39, 174)
HSLhsl(271, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(271, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(37.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(33.34, 54.79, -59.07)
CIE-LCHlch(33.34, 80.56, 312.85°)
OKLaboklab(45.02% 0.1051 -0.1686)
OKLCHoklch(45.02% 0.199 301.9)
XYZxyz(14.5480, 7.6951, 40.7551)
Luminance0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6C27AE #69AE27
analogous
#2927AE #6C27AE #AE27AD
triadic
#6C27AE #AE6C27 #27AE6C
tetradic
#6C27AE #AE2927 #69AE27 #27ADAE
square
#6C27AE #AE2927 #69AE27 #27ADAE
split-complementary
#6C27AE #ADAE27 #27AE29
monochromatic
#2E114A #4D1C7C #6C27AE #8B3ED4 #A970DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27
#6C27AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54
#6C27AE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C27AE
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6C27AE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6C27AE1.008.272.548.27
#FFFFFF8.271.0021.001.00
#0000002.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.271.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004DB2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004EAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5E4B6A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6c27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.199 301.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c7',
    500: '#6c27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6c27ae;
$custom-light: #9c69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6c27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45019,
    "c": 0.19866,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6C27AE
secondary
#97C66B
accent
#E64192
background
#FAF6FC
surface
#F4EBF8
border
#CEC6D1
text
#0F0713
muted
#7F7A82

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#6C27AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva