#6A3497#6A3497

#6A3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.158 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A3497
RGB	rgb(106, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 42.78, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 62.09, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.0927 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.158 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7566, 7.7546, 30.0969)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A3497 #619734

analogous

#393497 #6A3497 #973493

triadic

#6A3497 #976A34 #34976A

tetradic

#6A3497 #973934 #619734 #349397

square

#6A3497 #973934 #619734 #349397

split-complementary

#6A3497 #939734 #349739

monochromatic

#2A153C #4A2469 #6A3497 #8A48C0 #A776D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#6A3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#6A3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A3497

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A3497	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.158 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#986fb6',
    500: '#6a3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a3497;
$custom-light: #986fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44502,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A3497

secondary

#90B86F

accent

#D84F8E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A3497

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

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