#6A2497#6A2497

#6A2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.178 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2497
RGB	rgb(106, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 50.28, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 70.44, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1102 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.178 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1595, 6.5605, 29.8979)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2497 #519724

analogous

#312497 #6A2497 #97248B

triadic

#6A2497 #976A24 #24976A

tetradic

#6A2497 #973124 #519724 #248B97

square

#6A2497 #973124 #519724 #248B97

split-complementary

#6A2497 #8B9724 #249731

monochromatic

#250C34 #471866 #6A2497 #8D30C8 #A85DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#6A2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6A2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2497

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2497	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.178 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b6',
    500: '#6a2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2497;
$custom-light: #9966b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42588,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2497

secondary

#81BD5A

accent

#E54382

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2497

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

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