#6B2491#6B2491

#6B2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.173 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2491
RGB	rgb(107, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 49.13, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 67.39, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1127 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.173 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8041, 6.4322, 27.4023)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2491 #4A9124

analogous

#352491 #6B2491 #912480

triadic

#6B2491 #916B24 #24916B

tetradic

#6B2491 #913524 #4A9124 #248091

square

#6B2491 #913524 #4A9124 #248091

split-complementary

#6B2491 #809124 #249135

monochromatic

#230C2F #471860 #6B2491 #8F30C2 #AB59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#6B2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6B2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2491

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2491	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.173 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b2',
    500: '#6b2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2491;
$custom-light: #9966b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.083,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42258,
    "c": 0.17253,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2491

secondary

#79BA56

accent

#E3447C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2491

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

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