#6A338E#6A338E

#6A338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.149 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A338E
RGB	rgb(106, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 41.12, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 57.91, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.0945 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.149 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0092, 7.3850, 26.3788)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A338E #578E33

analogous

#3D338E #6A338E #8E3384

triadic

#6A338E #8E6A33 #338E6A

tetradic

#6A338E #8E3D33 #578E33 #33848E

square

#6A338E #8E3D33 #578E33 #33848E

split-complementary

#6A338E #848E33 #338E3D

monochromatic

#271334 #482361 #6A338E #8C43BB #A770CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#6A338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#6A338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A338E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A338E	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.149 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#986eb0',
    500: '#6a338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a338e;
$custom-light: #986eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.264,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4373,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A338E

secondary

#87B469

accent

#D75186

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2ECF5

border

#CCC7CF

text

#0E0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A338E

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

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