#6A5CA5#6A5CA5

#6A5CA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.113 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A5CA5
RGB	rgb(106, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 23.18, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 44.11, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.04 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.113 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5607, 13.4347, 37.3106)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A5CA5 #97A55C

analogous

#5C72A5 #6A5CA5 #8E5CA5

triadic

#6A5CA5 #A56A5C #5CA56A

tetradic

#6A5CA5 #A55C72 #97A55C #5CA58E

square

#6A5CA5 #A55C72 #97A55C #5CA58E

split-complementary

#6A5CA5 #A58E5C #72A55C

monochromatic

#373057 #50467E #6A5CA5 #8E83BB #B2ABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#6A5CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#6A5CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A5CA5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A5CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A5CA5	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4468A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4565A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a5ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.113 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978ac0',
    500: '#6a5ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a5ca5;
$custom-light: #978ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a5ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.507,
    "s": 28.854,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52139,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A5CA5

secondary

#B8BF9E

accent

#C563B2

background

#F9F8FB

surface

#F2F0F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0E0B12

muted

#7E7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A5CA5

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

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