#6D27A9#6D27A9

#6D27A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.194 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27A9
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 53.78, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 78.01, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1078 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.194 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1920, 7.5668, 38.2413)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27A9 #63A927

analogous

#2C27A9 #6D27A9 #A927A4

triadic

#6D27A9 #A96D27 #27A96D

tetradic

#6D27A9 #A92C27 #63A927 #27A4A9

square

#6D27A9 #A92C27 #63A927 #27A4A9

split-complementary

#6D27A9 #A4A927 #27A92C

monochromatic

#2D1046 #4D1C77 #6D27A9 #8C3BD2 #AA6DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#6D27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#6D27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27A9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27A9	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.194 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69c3',
    500: '#6d27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27a9;
$custom-light: #9d69c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44727,
    "c": 0.1938,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27A9

secondary

#92C468

accent

#E6428E

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27A9

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

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