#6A279B#6A279B

#6A279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.179 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A279B
RGB	rgb(106, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 49.94, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 71.06, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1065 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.179 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5845, 6.8819, 31.6694)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A279B #589B27

analogous

#30279B #6A279B #9B2792

triadic

#6A279B #9B6A27 #279B6A

tetradic

#6A279B #9B3027 #589B27 #27929B

square

#6A279B #9B3027 #589B27 #27929B

split-complementary

#6A279B #929B27 #279B30

monochromatic

#270E39 #491B6A #6A279B #8B33CC #A764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#6A279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#6A279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A279B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A279B	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.179 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9968b9',
    500: '#6a279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a279b;
$custom-light: #9968b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43216,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A279B

secondary

#88BE60

accent

#E34588

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A279B

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

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