#6B2496#6B2496

#6B2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.177 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2496
RGB	rgb(107, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 50.25, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 69.91, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1118 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.178 309)
XYZ	xyz(12.1982, 6.5898, 29.4776)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2496 #4F9624

analogous

#322496 #6B2496 #962488

triadic

#6B2496 #966B24 #24966B

tetradic

#6B2496 #963224 #4F9624 #248896

square

#6B2496 #963224 #4F9624 #248896

split-complementary

#6B2496 #889624 #249632

monochromatic

#250C33 #481865 #6B2496 #8E30C7 #A95CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#6B2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6B2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2496

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2496	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.177 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b6',
    500: '#6b2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2496;
$custom-light: #9a66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42643,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.0659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2496

secondary

#7FBD59

accent

#E44380

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2496

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

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