#6B2399#6B2399

#6B2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.182 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2399
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 51.33, -50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 71.86, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1121 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.182 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4130, 6.6280, 30.7562)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2399 #519923

analogous

#302399 #6B2399 #99238C

triadic

#6B2399 #996B23 #23996B

tetradic

#6B2399 #993023 #519923 #238C99

square

#6B2399 #993023 #519923 #238C99

split-complementary

#6B2399 #8C9923 #239930

monochromatic

#250C35 #481867 #6B2399 #8E2ECB #A95DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#6B2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6B2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2399

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2399	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.182 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b8',
    500: '#6b2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2399;
$custom-light: #9a66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.61,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42779,
    "c": 0.18158,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2399

secondary

#81BE59

accent

#E64282

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2399

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

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