#6D2999#6D2999

#6D2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.175 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2999
RGB	rgb(109, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 49.21, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 69.00, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.1091 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.175 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8482, 7.1372, 30.8316)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2999 #559929

analogous

#352999 #6D2999 #99298D

triadic

#6D2999 #996D29 #29996D

tetradic

#6D2999 #993529 #559929 #298D99

square

#6D2999 #993529 #559929 #298D99

split-complementary

#6D2999 #8D9929 #299935

monochromatic

#280F38 #4B1C69 #6D2999 #8F36C9 #AA66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#6D2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#6D2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2999

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2999	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.175 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b69b8',
    500: '#6d2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2999;
$custom-light: #9b69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43669,
    "c": 0.17524,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2999

secondary

#85BC62

accent

#E14783

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2999

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

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