#6D2396#6D2396

#6D2396 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.179 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2396
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 150)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 76.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 51.04, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 70.29, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1155 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.179 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4116, 6.6556, 29.4791)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2396 #4C9623

analogous

#342396 #6D2396 #962386

triadic

#6D2396 #966D23 #23966D

tetradic

#6D2396 #963423 #4C9623 #238696

square

#6D2396 #963423 #4C9623 #238696

split-complementary

#6D2396 #869623 #239634

monochromatic

#250C33 #491764 #6D2396 #912FC8 #AC5BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#6D2396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6D2396 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2396

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2396	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.179 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b6',
    500: '#6d2396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2396;
$custom-light: #9b66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42814,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2396

secondary

#7CBD58

accent

#E5437D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2396

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

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