#6A2199#6A2199

#6A2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.183 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2199
RGB	rgb(106, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 51.93, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 72.77, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1125 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.183 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2363, 6.4520, 30.7316)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2199 #509921

analogous

#2E2199 #6A2199 #99218C

triadic

#6A2199 #996A21 #21996A

tetradic

#6A2199 #992E21 #509921 #218C99

square

#6A2199 #992E21 #509921 #218C99

split-complementary

#6A2199 #8C9921 #21992E

monochromatic

#240B34 #471667 #6A2199 #8D2CCB #A859DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#6A2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6A2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2199

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2199	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.183 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b8',
    500: '#6a2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2199;
$custom-light: #9965b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42454,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2199

secondary

#80BF56

accent

#E84082

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2199

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

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