#6A189E#6A189E

#6A189E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.196 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A189E
RGB	rgb(106, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 56.12, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 78.63, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1181 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.196 307)
XYZ	xyz(12.4407, 6.1862, 32.8798)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A189E #4C9E18

analogous

#27189E #6A189E #9E188F

triadic

#6A189E #9E6A18 #189E6A

tetradic

#6A189E #9E2718 #4C9E18 #188F9E

square

#6A189E #9E2718 #4C9E18 #188F9E

split-complementary

#6A189E #8F9E18 #189E27

monochromatic

#230834 #461069 #6A189E #8E20D3 #A94DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#6A189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A189E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A189E	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#613E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.196 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a62bc',
    500: '#6a189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a189e;
$custom-light: #9a62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4213,
    "c": 0.19637,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.06186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A189E

secondary

#7BC64C

accent

#F0387F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A189E

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

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