#6A5CA6#6A5CA6

#6A5CA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.114 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A5CA6
RGB	rgb(106, 92, 166)
HSL	hsl(251, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 44.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 23.46, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 44.68, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.0402 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.114 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6521, 13.4712, 37.7919)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A5CA6 #98A65C

analogous

#5C73A6 #6A5CA6 #8F5CA6

triadic

#6A5CA6 #A66A5C #5CA66A

tetradic

#6A5CA6 #A65C73 #98A65C #5CA68F

square

#6A5CA6 #A65C73 #98A65C #5CA68F

split-complementary

#6A5CA6 #A68F5C #73A65C

monochromatic

#373058 #50467F #6A5CA6 #8E84BC #B2ABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#6A5CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#6A5CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A5CA6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A5CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A5CA6	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4465A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a5ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 92, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.114 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978ac1',
    500: '#6a5ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a5ca6;
$custom-light: #978ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a5ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 29.365,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52197,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A5CA6

secondary

#B9BF9E

accent

#C662B3

background

#F9F8FB

surface

#F2F0F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0E0B12

muted

#7E7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A5CA6

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

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