#6B2397#6B2397

#6B2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.180 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2397
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 50.88, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 70.86, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1126 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.18 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2492, 6.5624, 29.8936)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2397 #4F9723

analogous

#312397 #6B2397 #972389

triadic

#6B2397 #976B23 #23976B

tetradic

#6B2397 #973123 #4F9723 #238997

square

#6B2397 #973123 #4F9723 #238997

split-complementary

#6B2397 #899723 #239731

monochromatic

#250C34 #481765 #6B2397 #8E2FC9 #A95BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#6B2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6B2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2397

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2397	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.180 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b6',
    500: '#6b2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2397;
$custom-light: #9a66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42621,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2397

secondary

#7FBE58

accent

#E54280

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2397

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

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