#6A28A5#6A28A5

#6A28A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.188 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A28A5
RGB	rgb(106, 40, 165)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 51.88, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 75.67, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.1035 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.188 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4926, 7.2984, 36.2879)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A28A5 #63A528

analogous

#2B28A5 #6A28A5 #A528A2

triadic

#6A28A5 #A56A28 #28A56A

tetradic

#6A28A5 #A52B28 #63A528 #28A2A5

square

#6A28A5 #A52B28 #63A528 #28A2A5

split-complementary

#6A28A5 #A2A528 #28A52B

monochromatic

#2B1042 #4A1C74 #6A28A5 #893BCF #A76CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#6A28A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#6A28A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A28A5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A28A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A28A5	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a28a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 40, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.188 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a69c1',
    500: '#6a28a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a28a5;
$custom-light: #9a69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a28a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.68,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44126,
    "c": 0.18802,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A28A5

secondary

#92C267

accent

#E4448F

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0F0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A28A5

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

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