#6B189B#6B189B

#6B189B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.194 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B189B
RGB	rgb(107, 24, 155)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 84.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 55.63, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 77.11, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.1205 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.194 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3052, 6.1458, 31.5420)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B189B #489B18

analogous

#29189B #6B189B #9B188A

triadic

#6B189B #9B6B18 #189B6B

tetradic

#6B189B #9B2918 #489B18 #188A9B

square

#6B189B #9B2918 #489B18 #188A9B

split-complementary

#6B189B #8A9B18 #189B29

monochromatic

#220831 #461066 #6B189B #9020D0 #AB4AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#6B189B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B189B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B189B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B189B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B189B	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b189b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 24, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.194 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b62b9',
    500: '#6b189b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b189b;
$custom-light: #9b62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b189b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.015,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42014,
    "c": 0.19387,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B189B

secondary

#77C54A

accent

#F0387B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B189B

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

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