#6D27A3#6D27A3

#6D27A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.188 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27A3
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 52.37, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 75.00, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1091 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.188 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6416, 7.3467, 35.3426)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27A3 #5DA327

analogous

#2F27A3 #6D27A3 #A3279B

triadic

#6D27A3 #A36D27 #27A36D

tetradic

#6D27A3 #A32F27 #5DA327 #279BA3

square

#6D27A3 #A32F27 #5DA327 #279BA3

split-complementary

#6D27A3 #9BA327 #27A32F

monochromatic

#2B0F40 #4C1B72 #6D27A3 #8D38CF #AA69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#6D27A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#6D27A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27A3

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27A3	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)

#004BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.188 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69bf',
    500: '#6d27a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27a3;
$custom-light: #9c69bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.871,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4424,
    "c": 0.18774,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27A3

secondary

#8DC164

accent

#E4438A

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27A3

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

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