#6D2599#6D2599

#6D2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.180 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2599
RGB	rgb(109, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 50.91, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 70.89, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1131 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.18 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7168, 6.8745, 30.7878)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2599 #519925

analogous

#332599 #6D2599 #99258B

triadic

#6D2599 #996D25 #25996D

tetradic

#6D2599 #993325 #519925 #258B99

square

#6D2599 #993325 #519925 #258B99

split-complementary

#6D2599 #8B9925 #259933

monochromatic

#270D36 #4A1968 #6D2599 #9031CA #AB60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#6D2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6D2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2599

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2599	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.180 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67b8',
    500: '#6d2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2599;
$custom-light: #9b67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43246,
    "c": 0.17993,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2599

secondary

#81BE5C

accent

#E44481

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2599

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

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