#6c27bd

Color #6c27bd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6c27bd

RGB

rgb(108, 39, 189)

HSL

hsl(267.6, 65.8%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.6, 79.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(34.63, 58.39, -65.86)

LCH

lch(34.63, 88.02, 311.56)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.2139, 298.15)

HWB

hwb(267.6, 15.3%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78bd27

Analogous

#272dbd

#6c27bd

#b727bd

Triadic

#6c27bd

#bd6c27

#27bd6c

Split-complementary

#6c27bd

#bdb727

#2dbd27

Tetradic

#6c27bd

#bd2778

#78bd27

#27bd6c

Square

#6c27bd

#bd272d

#78bd27

#27bdb7

Shades

Color #6c27bd mixed toward black.

#5a209d

#481a7e

#36135e

#240d3f

#12061f

Tints

Color #6c27bd mixed toward white.

#833cd7

#9c63df

#b58ae7

#ceb1ef

#e6d8f7

Tones

Color #6c27bd mixed toward gray.

#6d33b0

#6e40a4

#6f4c97

#70598b

#71657e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.66:1

White text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5656a8 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#5a5ea2 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#6a9490 · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c27bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c27bd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6c27bd (#6c27bd) is rgb(108, 39, 189) in RGB.

No, #6c27bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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