#6A21AA#6A21AA

#6A21AA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.200 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A21AA
RGB	rgb(106, 33, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 55.83, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 81.22, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1081 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.2 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7417, 7.0541, 38.6600)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A21AA #61AA21

analogous

#2621AA #6A21AA #AA21A6

triadic

#6A21AA #AA6A21 #21AA6A

tetradic

#6A21AA #AA2621 #61AA21 #21A6AA

square

#6A21AA #AA2621 #61AA21 #21A6AA

split-complementary

#6A21AA #A6AA21 #21AA26

monochromatic

#2A0D43 #4A1777 #6A21AA #8A31D7 #A764E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#6A21AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6A21AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A21AA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A21AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A21AA	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a21aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 33, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.200 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66c4',
    500: '#6a21aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a21aa;
$custom-light: #9b66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a21aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.971,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43872,
    "c": 0.20009,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A21AA

secondary

#90C661

accent

#EA3D8E

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A21AA

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

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