#6C2599#6C2599

#6C2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.180 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2599
RGB	rgb(108, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 50.71, -49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 70.92, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1117 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.18 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5945, 6.8114, 30.7821)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2599 #529925

analogous

#322599 #6C2599 #99258C

triadic

#6C2599 #996C25 #25996C

tetradic

#6C2599 #993225 #529925 #258C99

square

#6C2599 #993225 #529925 #258C99

split-complementary

#6C2599 #8C9925 #259932

monochromatic

#260D36 #491968 #6C2599 #8F31CA #AA60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#6C2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6C2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2599

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2599	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.180 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67b8',
    500: '#6c2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2599;
$custom-light: #9b67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43112,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2599

secondary

#82BE5C

accent

#E44482

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2599

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

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