#6A2591#6A2591

#6A2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.171 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2591
RGB	rgb(106, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 48.50, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 66.95, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.1103 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.171 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7153, 6.4319, 27.4069)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2591 #4C9125

analogous

#342591 #6A2591 #912582

triadic

#6A2591 #916A25 #25916A

tetradic

#6A2591 #913425 #4C9125 #258291

square

#6A2591 #913425 #4C9125 #258291

split-complementary

#6A2591 #829125 #259134

monochromatic

#230C2F #461960 #6A2591 #8E31C2 #A95BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#6A2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6A2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2591

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2591	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.171 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9967b2',
    500: '#6a2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2591;
$custom-light: #9967b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42227,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2591

secondary

#7BBA58

accent

#E3457E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2591

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

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