#6A2CA1#6A2CA1

#6A2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.179 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2CA1
RGB	rgb(106, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 49.14, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 71.67, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1004 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.179 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2761, 7.4388, 34.4477)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2CA1 #63A12C

analogous

#302CA1 #6A2CA1 #A12C9D

triadic

#6A2CA1 #A16A2C #2CA16A

tetradic

#6A2CA1 #A1302C #63A12C #2C9DA1

square

#6A2CA1 #A1302C #63A12C #2C9DA1

split-complementary

#6A2CA1 #9DA12C #2CA130

monochromatic

#2B1241 #4A1F71 #6A2CA1 #8940CB #A770D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#6A2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#6A2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2CA1

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2CA1	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.179 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6bbe',
    500: '#6a2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2ca1;
$custom-light: #9a6bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.795,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44246,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2CA1

secondary

#92BF6A

accent

#E0478F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2CA1

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

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