#6A16A0#6A16A0

#6A16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.200 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A16A0
RGB	rgb(106, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 57.13, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 80.24, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1188 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.2 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5745, 6.1762, 33.7806)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A16A0 #4CA016

analogous

#2516A0 #6A16A0 #A01691

triadic

#6A16A0 #A06A16 #16A06A

tetradic

#6A16A0 #A02516 #4CA016 #1691A0

square

#6A16A0 #A02516 #4CA016 #1691A0

split-complementary

#6A16A0 #91A016 #16A025

monochromatic

#230734 #460F6A #6A16A0 #8E1DD6 #A94AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#6A16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A16A0

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A16A0	1.00	9.40	2.24	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.200 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b61bd',
    500: '#6a16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a16a0;
$custom-light: #9b61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42166,
    "c": 0.19971,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A16A0

secondary

#7BC84A

accent

#F2357F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF7

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A16A0

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

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