#6D2496#6D2496

#6D2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.178 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2496
RGB	rgb(109, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 50.64, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 69.85, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1146 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.178 310)
XYZ	xyz(12.4415, 6.7152, 29.4890)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2496 #4D9624

analogous

#342496 #6D2496 #962486

triadic

#6D2496 #966D24 #24966D

tetradic

#6D2496 #963424 #4D9624 #248696

square

#6D2496 #963424 #4D9624 #248696

split-complementary

#6D2496 #869624 #249634

monochromatic

#250C33 #491865 #6D2496 #9130C7 #AC5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#6D2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6D2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2496

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2496	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.178 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67b6',
    500: '#6d2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2496;
$custom-light: #9b67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.421,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42913,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2496

secondary

#7DBD59

accent

#E4437D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2496

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

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