#6D279A#6D279A

#6D279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.179 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D279A
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 50.30, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 70.47, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1109 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.179 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8637, 7.0356, 31.2459)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D279A #549A27

analogous

#34279A #6D279A #9A278D

triadic

#6D279A #9A6D27 #279A6D

tetradic

#6D279A #9A3427 #549A27 #278D9A

square

#6D279A #9A3427 #549A27 #278D9A

split-complementary

#6D279A #8D9A27 #279A34

monochromatic

#280E38 #4A1B69 #6D279A #9033CB #AA64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#6D279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6D279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D279A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D279A	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.179 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b68b9',
    500: '#6d279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d279a;
$custom-light: #9b68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4353,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D279A

secondary

#84BD5F

accent

#E34583

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D279A

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

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