#6A2491#6A2491

#6A2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.172 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2491
RGB	rgb(106, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 48.92, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 67.42, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1113 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.172 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6846, 6.3705, 27.3967)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2491 #4B9124

analogous

#332491 #6A2491 #912481

triadic

#6A2491 #916A24 #24916A

tetradic

#6A2491 #913324 #4B9124 #248191

square

#6A2491 #913324 #4B9124 #248191

split-complementary

#6A2491 #819124 #249133

monochromatic

#220C2F #461860 #6A2491 #8E30C2 #A959D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#6A2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6A2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2491

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2491	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C488F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.172 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b2',
    500: '#6a2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2491;
$custom-light: #9966b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.532,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42122,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2491

secondary

#7ABA56

accent

#E3447D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2491

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

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