#6B2279#6B2279

#6B2279 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.152 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2279
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 44.85, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 56.47, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.1174 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.152 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0862, 5.6508, 18.6449)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2279 #307922

analogous

#3F2279 #6B2279 #79225B

triadic

#6B2279 #796B22 #22796B

tetradic

#6B2279 #793F22 #307922 #225B79

square

#6B2279 #793F22 #307922 #225B79

split-complementary

#6B2279 #5B7922 #22793F

monochromatic

#170719 #411549 #6B2279 #952FA9 #B749CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#6B2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6B2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2279

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2279	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.152 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9864a0',
    500: '#6b2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2279;
$custom-light: #9864a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.345,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40329,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2279

secondary

#5BAC4B

accent

#DF4861

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2279

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

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