#6C21AA#6C21AA

#6C21AA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.200 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C21AA
RGB	rgb(108, 33, 170)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 56.15, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 81.10, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.111 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.2 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9822, 7.1782, 38.6713)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C21AA #5FAA21

analogous

#2821AA #6C21AA #AA21A3

triadic

#6C21AA #AA6C21 #21AA6C

tetradic

#6C21AA #AA2821 #5FAA21 #21A3AA

square

#6C21AA #AA2821 #5FAA21 #21A3AA

split-complementary

#6C21AA #A3AA21 #21AA28

monochromatic

#2B0D43 #4B1777 #6C21AA #8C31D7 #A964E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#6C21AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#6C21AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C21AA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C21AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C21AA	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c21aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 33, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.200 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66c4',
    500: '#6c21aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c21aa;
$custom-light: #9c66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c21aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.847,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44126,
    "c": 0.20048,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C21AA

secondary

#8FC661

accent

#EA3D8C

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF8

border

#CEC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C21AA

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

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