#6A159E#6A159E

#6A159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.199 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A159E
RGB	rgb(106, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 56.97, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 79.58, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.12 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.199 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3822, 6.0693, 32.8603)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A159E #499E15

analogous

#25159E #6A159E #9E158E

triadic

#6A159E #9E6A15 #159E6A

tetradic

#6A159E #9E2515 #499E15 #158E9E

square

#6A159E #9E2515 #499E15 #158E9E

split-complementary

#6A159E #8E9E15 #159E25

monochromatic

#220732 #460E68 #6A159E #8E1CD4 #AA47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#6A159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#6A159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A159E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A159E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#613D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.199 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a61bc',
    500: '#6a159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a159e;
$custom-light: #9a61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.226,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41929,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A159E

secondary

#78C747

accent

#F3357D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A159E

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

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