#6A279A#6A279A

#6A279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.178 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A279A
RGB	rgb(106, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 49.71, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 70.55, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1067 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.178 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5009, 6.8484, 31.2289)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A279A #579A27

analogous

#31279A #6A279A #9A2790

triadic

#6A279A #9A6A27 #279A6A

tetradic

#6A279A #9A3127 #579A27 #27909A

square

#6A279A #9A3127 #579A27 #27909A

split-complementary

#6A279A #909A27 #279A31

monochromatic

#270E38 #481B69 #6A279A #8C33CB #A764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#6A279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6A279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A279A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A279A	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.178 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9968b9',
    500: '#6a279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a279a;
$custom-light: #9968b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.957,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43137,
    "c": 0.17782,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A279A

secondary

#87BD5F

accent

#E34587

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A279A

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

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