#6D279B#6D279B

#6D279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.180 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D279B
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 50.53, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 70.97, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1107 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.18 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9474, 7.0690, 31.6864)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D279B #559B27

analogous

#33279B #6D279B #9B278F

triadic

#6D279B #9B6D27 #279B6D

tetradic

#6D279B #9B3327 #559B27 #278F9B

square

#6D279B #9B3327 #559B27 #278F9B

split-complementary

#6D279B #8F9B27 #279B33

monochromatic

#280E39 #4B1B6A #6D279B #8F33CC #AA64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#6D279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6D279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D279B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D279B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.180 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b68b9',
    500: '#6d279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d279b;
$custom-light: #9b68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43608,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D279B

secondary

#85BE60

accent

#E34584

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D279B

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

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