#6B499B#6B499B

#6B499B is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.130 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B499B
RGB	rgb(107, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.30, 32.25, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.30, 51.12, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.0666 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.13 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3610, 10.2574, 32.2273)
Luminance	0.1026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B499B #799B49

analogous

#49509B #6B499B #94499B

triadic

#6B499B #9B6B49 #499B6B

tetradic

#6B499B #9B4950 #799B49 #499B94

square

#6B499B #9B4950 #799B49 #499B94

split-complementary

#6B499B #9B9449 #509B49

monochromatic

#322248 #4E3571 #6B499B #8A69B8 #AA93CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#6B499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#6B499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B499B

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B499B	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62596B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.130 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#987db9',
    500: '#6b499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b499b;
$custom-light: #987db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4815,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B499B

secondary

#A4B888

accent

#CC5C9D

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F2EEF6

border

#CCC9D0

text

#0E0911

muted

#7E7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B499B

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

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