#6B2396#6B2396

#6B2396 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.179 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2396
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 150)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 50.65, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 70.36, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1128 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.179 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1683, 6.5301, 29.4677)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2396 #4E9623

analogous

#322396 #6B2396 #962388

triadic

#6B2396 #966B23 #23966B

tetradic

#6B2396 #963223 #4E9623 #238896

square

#6B2396 #963223 #4E9623 #238896

split-complementary

#6B2396 #889623 #239632

monochromatic

#240C33 #481764 #6B2396 #8E2FC8 #AA5BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#6B2396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6B2396 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2396

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2396	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.179 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b6',
    500: '#6b2396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2396;
$custom-light: #9a66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42543,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2396

secondary

#7EBD58

accent

#E5437F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2396

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

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