#6B2497#6B2497

#6B2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.178 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2497
RGB	rgb(107, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 50.47, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 70.41, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1116 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.179 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2790, 6.6221, 29.9035)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2497 #509724

analogous

#312497 #6B2497 #97248A

triadic

#6B2497 #976B24 #24976B

tetradic

#6B2497 #973124 #509724 #248A97

square

#6B2497 #973124 #509724 #248A97

split-complementary

#6B2497 #8A9724 #249731

monochromatic

#250C34 #481866 #6B2497 #8E30C8 #A95DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#6B2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6B2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2497

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2497	1.00	9.03	2.32	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.178 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b6',
    500: '#6b2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2497;
$custom-light: #9a66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.043,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42721,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2497

secondary

#80BD5A

accent

#E54381

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2497

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

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