#6D16A0#6D16A0

#6D16A0 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.200 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D16A0
RGB	rgb(109, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 57.58, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 80.02, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1231 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.2 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9374, 6.3633, 33.7976)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D16A0 #49A016

analogous

#2816A0 #6D16A0 #A0168E

triadic

#6D16A0 #A06D16 #16A06D

tetradic

#6D16A0 #A02816 #49A016 #168EA0

square

#6D16A0 #A02816 #49A016 #168EA0

split-complementary

#6D16A0 #8EA016 #16A028

monochromatic

#240734 #480F6A #6D16A0 #921DD6 #AD4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#6D16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6D16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D16A0

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D16A0	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.200 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62bd',
    500: '#6d16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d16a0;
$custom-light: #9d62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42577,
    "c": 0.20043,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D16A0

secondary

#79C84A

accent

#F2357B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D16A0

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

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