#6B2499#6B2499

#6B2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.180 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2499
RGB	rgb(107, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 50.93, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 71.41, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1112 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.18 308)
XYZ	xyz(12.4428, 6.6877, 30.7662)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2499 #529924

analogous

#302499 #6B2499 #99248D

triadic

#6B2499 #996B24 #24996B

tetradic

#6B2499 #993024 #529924 #248D99

square

#6B2499 #993024 #529924 #248D99

split-complementary

#6B2499 #8D9924 #249930

monochromatic

#260D36 #481867 #6B2499 #8E30CB #A95ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#6B2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6B2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2499

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2499	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.180 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a67b8',
    500: '#6b2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2499;
$custom-light: #9a67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.41,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42878,
    "c": 0.18049,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2499

secondary

#82BE5B

accent

#E54383

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2499

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

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