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#6B00A7 — Vivid Purple

#6B00A7 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkMagenta (#8B008B). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkmagenta (#8B008B) — not an exact match. CSS darkmagenta gives you #8B008B, a different color; use #6B00A7 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#6B00A7 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3EA800; it also sits naturally between #1600A8 and #A80092. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#6B00A7 · RGB 107, 0, 167

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Color values

HEX#6B00A7
RGB107, 0, 167
HSL278°, 100%, 33%
HSV278°, 100%, 65%
CMYK36%, 100%, 0%, 35%
XYZ13.04, 5.92, 37.01
Yxy5.92, 0.2330, 0.1057
CIE-Lab29.20, 63.05, -61.65
Hunter Lab24.32, 55.29, -77.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 42% · Green 0% · Blue 65%

Cyan 36% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 35%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #6B00A7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #6B00A7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #6B00A7

.text { color: #6B00A7; }
.background { background-color: #6B00A7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #6B00A7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(107, 0, 167); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #6B00A7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(107, 0, 167, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #6B00A7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(107, 0, 167, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#6B00A7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#6B00A7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #6B00A7

#610099#57008A#4E007A#44006B#3D0061#340052#2A0042#200033#170024#0D0014

Tints of #6B00A7

#7E00C7#9500EB#A50AFF#B029FF#BE4DFF#C96BFF#D48AFF#DFA8FF#ECCCFF#F8EBFF

Tones of #6B00A7

#670C9D#641890#612484#5E3078#5B3C6D#574860

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3EA800:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text9.62:1 AAA
Against black text2.18:1 Fails

Best text color on #6B00A7: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #6B00A7

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #6B00A7: ·

How #6B00A7 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #3D3C7FDeuteranopia · #434B75Tritanopia · #665F58

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #6B00A7 rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Palette 610c9f
#610C9F · #940B92 · #DA0C81 · #E95793
Dusty Ruby Mirage
#6C0E9A · #8C30EC · #69EB29 · #AFEF97
Midnight Neon
#0F0F1A · #7209B7 · #F72585 · #4CC9F0
Palette 62109f
#62109F · #DC0E0E · #FE6244 · #FFDEB9
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#630EA7#610C9F#6C0E9A#7209B7#62109F#62109C#610094#810CA8#6816B3#6112B6#691698#5711A0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #6B00A6  ·  #6B00A8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #6B00A7?

#6B00A7 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 107, 0, 167). Its closest standard named color is DarkMagenta.

What is the RGB and HSL of #6B00A7?

#6B00A7 is RGB 107, 0, 167 — HSL 278°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 36%, 100%, 0%, 35%.

What colors go with #6B00A7?

Its complement is #3EA800; analogous partners are #1600A8 and #A80092. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #6B00A7 for text?

White text on #6B00A7 has a contrast ratio of 9.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.18:1.