#6D27A6#6D27A6

#6D27A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.191 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27A6
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 53.07, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 76.51, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1085 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.191 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9136, 7.4555, 36.7751)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27A6 #60A627

analogous

#2E27A6 #6D27A6 #A6279F

triadic

#6D27A6 #A66D27 #27A66D

tetradic

#6D27A6 #A62E27 #60A627 #279FA6

square

#6D27A6 #A62E27 #60A627 #279FA6

split-complementary

#6D27A6 #9FA627 #27A62E

monochromatic

#2C1043 #4C1B74 #6D27A6 #8D3AD1 #A96BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#6D27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#6D27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27A6

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27A6	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.191 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c1',
    500: '#6d27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27a6;
$custom-light: #9c69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.071,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44482,
    "c": 0.19077,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27A6

secondary

#90C366

accent

#E5438C

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27A6

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

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