#6B497B#6B497B

#6B497B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.088 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B497B
RGB	rgb(107, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 40.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 24.27, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 33.31, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% 0.0617 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.088 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0205, 9.3212, 19.9010)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B497B #597B49

analogous

#52497B #6B497B #7B4972

triadic

#6B497B #7B6B49 #497B6B

tetradic

#6B497B #7B5249 #597B49 #49727B

square

#6B497B #7B5249 #597B49 #49727B

split-complementary

#6B497B #727B49 #497B52

monochromatic

#281B2E #4A3255 #6B497B #8C60A1 #A887B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#6B497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#6B497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B497B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B497B	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40547D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.088 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#967ca1',
    500: '#6b497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b497b;
$custom-light: #967ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46319,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B497B

secondary

#89A47C

accent

#C26683

background

#F9F7F9

surface

#F2EEF2

border

#CCC9CC

text

#0D090F

muted

#7E7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B497B

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

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