#6D27B1#6D27B1

#6D27B1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.202 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D27B1
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 177)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 78%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 55.67, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 82.01, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.4% 0.1057 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(45.4% 0.202 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9661, 7.8765, 42.3183)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D27B1 #6BB127

analogous

#2827B1 #6D27B1 #B127B0

triadic

#6D27B1 #B16D27 #27B16D

tetradic

#6D27B1 #B12827 #6BB127 #27B0B1

square

#6D27B1 #B12827 #6BB127 #27B0B1

split-complementary

#6D27B1 #B0B127 #27B128

monochromatic

#2F114D #4E1C7F #6D27B1 #8C40D5 #AA72E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#6D27B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#6D27B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D27B1

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D27B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D27B1	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d27b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.202 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d69c9',
    500: '#6d27b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d27b1;
$custom-light: #9d69c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d27b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45395,
    "c": 0.20187,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D27B1

secondary

#99C76D

accent

#E74193

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D27B1

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

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