#6837D9#6837D9

#6837D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.228 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6837D9
RGB	rgb(104, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 58.12, -74.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 94.82, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.075 -0.2154)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.228 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5958, 10.6843, 66.6619)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6837D9 #A8D937

analogous

#3757D9 #6837D9 #B937D9

triadic

#6837D9 #D96837 #37D968

tetradic

#6837D9 #D93757 #A8D937 #37D9B9

square

#6837D9 #D93757 #A8D937 #37D9B9

split-complementary

#6837D9 #D9B937 #57D937

monochromatic

#37187E #4D22B1 #6837D9 #8F6AE3 #B69EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#6837D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#6837D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6837D9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6837D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6837D9	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6837d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.228 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e73e6',
    500: '#6837d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6837d9;
$custom-light: #9e73e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6837d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.148,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50056,
    "c": 0.22807,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6837D9

secondary

#C4D993

accent

#EB3DB6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6837D9

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

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