#6B2197#6B2197

#6B2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.182 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2197
RGB	rgb(107, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 51.66, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 71.73, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1144 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.182 309)
XYZ	xyz(12.1920, 6.4481, 29.8745)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2197 #4D9721

analogous

#302197 #6B2197 #972188

triadic

#6B2197 #976B21 #21976B

tetradic

#6B2197 #973021 #4D9721 #218897

square

#6B2197 #973021 #4D9721 #218897

split-complementary

#6B2197 #889721 #219730

monochromatic

#240B33 #471665 #6B2197 #8F2CC9 #AA58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#6B2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6B2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2197

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2197	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.182 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65b6',
    500: '#6b2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2197;
$custom-light: #9a65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.627,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42429,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.06448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2197

secondary

#7DBE55

accent

#E7417F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2197

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

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