#6D27A8#6D27A8

#6D27A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.193 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27A8
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 168)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 53.54, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 77.51, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.108 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.193 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0984, 7.5294, 37.7488)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27A8 #62A827

analogous

#2C27A8 #6D27A8 #A827A2

triadic

#6D27A8 #A86D27 #27A86D

tetradic

#6D27A8 #A82C27 #62A827 #27A2A8

square

#6D27A8 #A82C27 #62A827 #27A2A8

split-complementary

#6D27A8 #A2A827 #27A82C

monochromatic

#2D1045 #4D1B76 #6D27A8 #8D3BD1 #A96CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#6D27A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6D27A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27A8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27A8	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.193 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69c3',
    500: '#6d27a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27a8;
$custom-light: #9c69c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.558,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44645,
    "c": 0.19278,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27A8

secondary

#91C367

accent

#E5428D

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27A8

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

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