#6A2397#6A2397

#6A2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.179 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2397
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 50.69, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 70.89, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.1112 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.179 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1296, 6.5008, 29.8879)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2397 #509723

analogous

#302397 #6A2397 #97238A

triadic

#6A2397 #976A23 #23976A

tetradic

#6A2397 #973023 #509723 #238A97

square

#6A2397 #973023 #509723 #238A97

split-complementary

#6A2397 #8A9723 #239730

monochromatic

#240C34 #471765 #6A2397 #8D2FC9 #A85BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#6A2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#6A2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2397

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2397	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.179 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b6',
    500: '#6a2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2397;
$custom-light: #9966b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42487,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2397

secondary

#80BE58

accent

#E54282

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2397

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

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