#6D2199#6D2199

#6D2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.184 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2199
RGB	rgb(109, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 52.48, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 72.64, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1167 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.184 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5991, 6.6391, 30.7486)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2199 #4D9921

analogous

#312199 #6D2199 #992189

triadic

#6D2199 #996D21 #21996D

tetradic

#6D2199 #993121 #4D9921 #218999

square

#6D2199 #993121 #4D9921 #218999

split-complementary

#6D2199 #899921 #219931

monochromatic

#250B34 #491667 #6D2199 #912CCB #AC59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#6D2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6D2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2199

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2199	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.184 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c65b8',
    500: '#6d2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2199;
$custom-light: #9c65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42859,
    "c": 0.18427,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2199

secondary

#7DBF56

accent

#E8407E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2199

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →