#6A2172#6A2172

#6A2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.146 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2172
RGB	rgb(106, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.76, 43.64, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.76, 53.57, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.1175 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.146 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5247, 5.3673, 16.4506)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2172 #297221

analogous

#422172 #6A2172 #722152

triadic

#6A2172 #726A21 #21726A

tetradic

#6A2172 #724221 #297221 #215272

square

#6A2172 #724221 #297221 #215272

split-complementary

#6A2172 #527221 #217242

monochromatic

#160718 #3E1343 #6A2172 #962FA1 #BC44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#6A2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#6A2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2172

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2172	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C2E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.146 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97639b',
    500: '#6a2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2172;
$custom-light: #97639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.074,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3961,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2172

secondary

#52A549

accent

#DE4958

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2172

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

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