#6D3199#6D3199

#6D3199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.165 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D3199
RGB	rgb(109, 49, 153)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 68%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 45.47, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 64.83, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.1003 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.165 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1536, 7.7479, 30.9334)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D3199 #5D9931

analogous

#393199 #6D3199 #993191

triadic

#6D3199 #996D31 #31996D

tetradic

#6D3199 #993931 #5D9931 #319199

square

#6D3199 #993931 #5D9931 #319199

split-complementary

#6D3199 #919931 #319939

monochromatic

#2B133C #4C226B #6D3199 #8D44C3 #AA72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#6D3199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#6D3199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D3199

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D3199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D3199	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d3199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 49, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.165 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6eb8',
    500: '#6d3199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d3199;
$custom-light: #9b6eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d3199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44622,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D3199

secondary

#8DBA6C

accent

#DB4D89

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D3199

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

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