#6D2497#6D2497

#6D2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.179 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2497
RGB	rgb(109, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 50.86, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 70.35, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1144 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.179 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5224, 6.7476, 29.9149)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2497 #4E9724

analogous

#342497 #6D2497 #972488

triadic

#6D2497 #976D24 #24976D

tetradic

#6D2497 #973424 #4E9724 #248897

square

#6D2497 #973424 #4E9724 #248897

split-complementary

#6D2497 #889724 #249734

monochromatic

#260C34 #491866 #6D2497 #9130C8 #AB5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#6D2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6D2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2497

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2497	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.179 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67b6',
    500: '#6d2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2497;
$custom-light: #9b67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.087,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4299,
    "c": 0.17908,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2497

secondary

#7EBD5A

accent

#E5437E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2497

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

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