#6B38B3#6B38B3

#6B38B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.184 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B38B3
RGB	rgb(107, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, 48.04, -57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 74.61, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.27% 0.0864 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(47.27% 0.184 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6122, 9.2086, 43.5940)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B38B3 #80B338

analogous

#3842B3 #6B38B3 #A838B3

triadic

#6B38B3 #B36B38 #38B36B

tetradic

#6B38B3 #B33842 #80B338 #38B3A8

square

#6B38B3 #B33842 #80B338 #38B3A8

split-complementary

#6B38B3 #B3A838 #42B338

monochromatic

#331B56 #4F2984 #6B38B3 #8B5CCC #AC8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#6B38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#6B38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B38B3

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B38B3	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.184 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b72cb',
    500: '#6b38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b38b3;
$custom-light: #9b72cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4727,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B38B3

secondary

#A9C582

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F3EDF9

border

#CDC8D2

text

#0F0813

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B38B3

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

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