#6D27AE#6D27AE

#6D27AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.199 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27AE
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 54.96, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 80.51, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% 0.1065 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.199 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6703, 7.7582, 40.7608)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27AE #68AE27

analogous

#2A27AE #6D27AE #AE27AC

triadic

#6D27AE #AE6D27 #27AE6D

tetradic

#6D27AE #AE2A27 #68AE27 #27ACAE

square

#6D27AE #AE2A27 #68AE27 #27ACAE

split-complementary

#6D27AE #ACAE27 #27AE2A

monochromatic

#2E114A #4E1C7C #6D27AE #8C3ED4 #AA70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#6D27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#6D27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27AE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27AE	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.199 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69c7',
    500: '#6d27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27ae;
$custom-light: #9d69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45142,
    "c": 0.19886,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27AE

secondary

#97C66B

accent

#E64191

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27AE

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

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