#6B2495#6B2495

#6B2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.177 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2495
RGB	rgb(107, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 50.02, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 69.40, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.112 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.177 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1180, 6.5577, 29.0553)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2495 #4E9524

analogous

#332495 #6B2495 #952487

triadic

#6B2495 #956B24 #24956B

tetradic

#6B2495 #953324 #4E9524 #248795

square

#6B2495 #953324 #4E9524 #248795

split-complementary

#6B2495 #879524 #249533

monochromatic

#240C32 #481864 #6B2495 #8E30C6 #AA5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#6B2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6B2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2495

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2495	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.177 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b5',
    500: '#6b2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2495;
$custom-light: #9a66b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.699,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42565,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2495

secondary

#7EBC59

accent

#E4447F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2495

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

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