#6B5BB1#6B5BB1

#6B5BB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.132 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5BB1
RGB	rgb(107, 91, 177)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 48.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 27.46, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 51.68, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.0443 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.132 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7381, 13.7818, 43.3120)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5BB1 #A1B15B

analogous

#5B76B1 #6B5BB1 #965BB1

triadic

#6B5BB1 #B16B5B #5BB16B

tetradic

#6B5BB1 #B15B76 #A1B15B #5BB196

square

#6B5BB1 #B15B76 #A1B15B #5BB196

split-complementary

#6B5BB1 #B1965B #76B15B

monochromatic

#392F63 #50438C #6B5BB1 #9084C5 #B6AED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#6B5BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#6B5BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5BB1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5BB1	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B66AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 91, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.132 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9989c9',
    500: '#6b5bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5bb1;
$custom-light: #9989c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52761,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5BB1

secondary

#C0C7A1

accent

#CC5CB7

background

#F9F8FC

surface

#F2F0F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0E0B13

muted

#7E7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5BB1

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

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