#6E27AE#6E27AE

#6E27AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.199 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E27AE
RGB	rgb(110, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 55.13, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 80.47, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.108 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.199 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7941, 7.8220, 40.7666)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E27AE #67AE27

analogous

#2B27AE #6E27AE #AE27AA

triadic

#6E27AE #AE6E27 #27AE6E

tetradic

#6E27AE #AE2B27 #67AE27 #27AAAE

square

#6E27AE #AE2B27 #67AE27 #27AAAE

split-complementary

#6E27AE #AAAE27 #27AE2B

monochromatic

#2F114A #4E1C7C #6E27AE #8D3ED4 #AB70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#6E27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#6E27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E27AE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E27AE	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.199 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e69c7',
    500: '#6e27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e27ae;
$custom-light: #9e69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45266,
    "c": 0.19904,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E27AE

secondary

#96C66B

accent

#E64190

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0713

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E27AE

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