#6D2198#6D2198

#6D2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.183 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2198
RGB	rgb(109, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 52.26, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 72.15, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.117 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.183 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5169, 6.6062, 30.3154)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2198 #4C9821

analogous

#322198 #6D2198 #982188

triadic

#6D2198 #986D21 #21986D

tetradic

#6D2198 #983221 #4C9821 #218898

square

#6D2198 #983221 #4C9821 #218898

split-complementary

#6D2198 #889821 #219832

monochromatic

#250B33 #491666 #6D2198 #912CCA #AC59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#6D2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6D2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2198

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2198	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.183 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65b7',
    500: '#6d2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2198;
$custom-light: #9b65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.319,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4278,
    "c": 0.1833,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2198

secondary

#7CBF56

accent

#E7407D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2198

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

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