#6C2299#6C2299

#6C2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.183 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2299
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 51.91, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 72.26, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1145 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.183 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5050, 6.6323, 30.7522)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2299 #4F9922

analogous

#312299 #6C2299 #99228B

triadic

#6C2299 #996C22 #22996C

tetradic

#6C2299 #993122 #4F9922 #228B99

square

#6C2299 #993122 #4F9922 #228B99

split-complementary

#6C2299 #8B9922 #229931

monochromatic

#250C35 #491767 #6C2299 #8F2DCB #AA5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#6C2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6C2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2299

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2299	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.183 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b8',
    500: '#6c2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2299;
$custom-light: #9b66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.311,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42817,
    "c": 0.18293,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2299

secondary

#7FBF58

accent

#E74180

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2299

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

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