#6A378D#6A378D

#6A378D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.142 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A378D
RGB	rgb(106, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 38.75, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 54.97, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.0893 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.142 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1168, 7.7198, 26.0459)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A378D #5A8D37

analogous

#3F378D #6A378D #8D3785

triadic

#6A378D #8D6A37 #378D6A

tetradic

#6A378D #8D3F37 #5A8D37 #37858D

square

#6A378D #8D3F37 #5A8D37 #37858D

split-complementary

#6A378D #858D37 #378D3F

monochromatic

#281535 #492661 #6A378D #8B49B8 #A775C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#6A378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#6A378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A378D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A378D	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.142 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9770af',
    500: '#6a378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a378d;
$custom-light: #9770af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.581,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44236,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A378D

secondary

#8AB26E

accent

#D45488

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2ECF4

border

#CCC7CE

text

#0E0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A378D

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

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