#6C2496#6C2496

#6C2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.178 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2496
RGB	rgb(108, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 50.44, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 69.88, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1132 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.178 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3191, 6.6522, 29.4833)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2496 #4E9624

analogous

#332496 #6C2496 #962487

triadic

#6C2496 #966C24 #24966C

tetradic

#6C2496 #963324 #4E9624 #248796

square

#6C2496 #963324 #4E9624 #248796

split-complementary

#6C2496 #879624 #249633

monochromatic

#250C33 #481865 #6C2496 #9030C7 #AA5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#6C2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6C2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2496

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2496	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.178 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a67b6',
    500: '#6c2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2496;
$custom-light: #9a67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42778,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2496

secondary

#7EBD59

accent

#E4437F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2496

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

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