#6A36D9#6A36D9

#6A36D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.229 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A36D9
RGB	rgb(106, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 58.86, -74.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 95.21, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.0787 -0.2151)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.229 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7838, 10.7114, 66.6573)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A36D9 #A5D936

analogous

#3653D9 #6A36D9 #BB36D9

triadic

#6A36D9 #D96A36 #36D96A

tetradic

#6A36D9 #D93653 #A5D936 #36D9BB

square

#6A36D9 #D93653 #A5D936 #36D9BB

split-complementary

#6A36D9 #D9BB36 #53D936

monochromatic

#38187D #4F21B0 #6A36D9 #9069E3 #B69DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#6A36D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#6A36D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A36D9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A36D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A36D9	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#426386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a36d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.229 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f73e6',
    500: '#6a36d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a36d9;
$custom-light: #9f73e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a36d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.141,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50138,
    "c": 0.229,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A36D9

secondary

#C2D992

accent

#EB3DB3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A36D9

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

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