#6A2197#6A2197

#6A2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.181 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2197
RGB	rgb(106, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 51.48, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 71.77, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.113 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.181 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0725, 6.3865, 29.8689)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2197 #4E9721

analogous

#2F2197 #6A2197 #972189

triadic

#6A2197 #976A21 #21976A

tetradic

#6A2197 #972F21 #4E9721 #218997

square

#6A2197 #972F21 #4E9721 #218997

split-complementary

#6A2197 #899721 #21972F

monochromatic

#230B33 #471665 #6A2197 #8D2CC9 #A958DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#6A2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#6A2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2197

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2197	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.181 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b6',
    500: '#6a2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2197;
$custom-light: #9965b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.119,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.18148,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2197

secondary

#7DBE55

accent

#E74180

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2197

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

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