#6D278B#6D278B

#6D278B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.164 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D278B
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 46.94, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 62.92, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1131 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.164 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6916, 6.5667, 25.0727)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D278B #458B27

analogous

#3B278B #6D278B #8B2777

triadic

#6D278B #8B6D27 #278B6D

tetradic

#6D278B #8B3B27 #458B27 #27778B

square

#6D278B #8B3B27 #458B27 #27778B

split-complementary

#6D278B #778B27 #278B3B

monochromatic

#220C2B #481A5B #6D278B #9234BB #AE5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#6D278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#6D278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D278B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D278B	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.164 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a68ad',
    500: '#6d278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d278b;
$custom-light: #9a68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42412,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D278B

secondary

#74B658

accent

#DF4876

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D278B

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

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