#6D279E#6D279E

#6D279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.183 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D279E
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 51.22, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 72.48, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1102 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.183 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2024, 7.1710, 33.0298)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D279E #589E27

analogous

#31279E #6D279E #9E2793

triadic

#6D279E #9E6D27 #279E6D

tetradic

#6D279E #9E3127 #589E27 #27939E

square

#6D279E #9E3127 #589E27 #27939E

split-complementary

#6D279E #939E27 #279E31

monochromatic

#290F3C #4B1B6D #6D279E #8F35CD #AA66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#6D279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#6D279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D279E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D279E	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.183 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c68bb',
    500: '#6d279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d279e;
$custom-light: #9c68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43842,
    "c": 0.18269,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D279E

secondary

#88BF62

accent

#E44486

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0712

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D279E

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

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