#6A2C8E#6A2C8E

#6A2C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.159 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2C8E
RGB	rgb(106, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 44.64, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 61.86, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.103 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.159 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7261, 6.8188, 26.2844)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2C8E #508E2C

analogous

#392C8E #6A2C8E #8E2C81

triadic

#6A2C8E #8E6A2C #2C8E6A

tetradic

#6A2C8E #8E392C #508E2C #2C818E

square

#6A2C8E #8E392C #508E2C #2C818E

split-complementary

#6A2C8E #818E2C #2C8E39

monochromatic

#240F31 #471E5F #6A2C8E #8D3ABD #A865CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#6A2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6A2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2C8E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2C8E	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.159 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#986ab0',
    500: '#6a2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2c8e;
$custom-light: #986ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4281,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2C8E

secondary

#80B660

accent

#DC4C81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2C8E

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

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