#6C2399#6C2399

#6C2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.182 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2399
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 51.52, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 71.82, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1135 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.182 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5340, 6.6903, 30.7619)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2399 #509923

analogous

#312399 #6C2399 #99238B

triadic

#6C2399 #996C23 #23996C

tetradic

#6C2399 #993123 #509923 #238B99

square

#6C2399 #993123 #509923 #238B99

split-complementary

#6C2399 #8B9923 #239931

monochromatic

#260C35 #491867 #6C2399 #8F2ECB #AA5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#6C2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6C2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2399

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2399	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.182 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b8',
    500: '#6c2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2399;
$custom-light: #9b66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.119,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42913,
    "c": 0.18186,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2399

secondary

#80BE59

accent

#E64280

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2399

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

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