#6C2497#6C2497

#6C2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.179 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2497
RGB	rgb(108, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 50.67, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 70.38, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.113 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.179 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4000, 6.6845, 29.9092)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2497 #4F9724

analogous

#332497 #6C2497 #972489

triadic

#6C2497 #976C24 #24976C

tetradic

#6C2497 #973324 #4F9724 #248997

square

#6C2497 #973324 #4F9724 #248997

split-complementary

#6C2497 #899724 #249733

monochromatic

#250C34 #491866 #6C2497 #8F30C8 #AA5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#6C2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6C2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2497

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2497	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.179 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67b6',
    500: '#6c2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2497;
$custom-light: #9b67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42855,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2497

secondary

#7FBD5A

accent

#E54380

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2497

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

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