#6B21AA#6B21AA

#6B21AA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.200 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B21AA
RGB	rgb(107, 33, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 55.99, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 81.16, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1095 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.2 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8612, 7.1158, 38.6656)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B21AA #60AA21

analogous

#2721AA #6B21AA #AA21A5

triadic

#6B21AA #AA6B21 #21AA6B

tetradic

#6B21AA #AA2721 #60AA21 #21A5AA

square

#6B21AA #AA2721 #60AA21 #21A5AA

split-complementary

#6B21AA #A5AA21 #21AA27

monochromatic

#2A0D43 #4B1777 #6B21AA #8B31D7 #A864E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#6B21AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#6B21AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B21AA

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B21AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B21AA	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b21aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 33, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.200 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66c4',
    500: '#6b21aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b21aa;
$custom-light: #9c66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b21aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.409,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43999,
    "c": 0.20028,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B21AA

secondary

#8FC661

accent

#EA3D8D

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B21AA

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

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