#6B2599#6B2599

#6B2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.179 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2599
RGB	rgb(107, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 50.52, -49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 70.96, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1103 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.179 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4735, 6.7490, 30.7764)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2599 #539925

analogous

#312599 #6B2599 #99258D

triadic

#6B2599 #996B25 #25996B

tetradic

#6B2599 #993125 #539925 #258D99

square

#6B2599 #993125 #539925 #258D99

split-complementary

#6B2599 #8D9925 #259931

monochromatic

#260D36 #491968 #6B2599 #8D31CA #A960D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#6B2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6B2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2599

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2599	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.179 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a67b8',
    500: '#6b2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2599;
$custom-light: #9a67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4298,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2599

secondary

#83BE5C

accent

#E44483

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2599

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

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