#6D2197#6D2197

#6D2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.182 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2197
RGB	rgb(109, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 52.04, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 71.66, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1172 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.182 310)
XYZ	xyz(12.4353, 6.5736, 29.8859)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2197 #4B9721

analogous

#322197 #6D2197 #972186

triadic

#6D2197 #976D21 #21976D

tetradic

#6D2197 #973221 #4B9721 #218697

square

#6D2197 #973221 #4B9721 #218697

split-complementary

#6D2197 #869721 #219732

monochromatic

#240B33 #491665 #6D2197 #912CC9 #AC58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#6D2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6D2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2197

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2197	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.182 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65b6',
    500: '#6d2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2197;
$custom-light: #9b65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42702,
    "c": 0.18233,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.06573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2197

secondary

#7BBE55

accent

#E7417C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2197

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

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