#6D3397#6D3397

#6D3397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.160 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D3397
RGB	rgb(109, 51, 151)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 43.99, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 62.67, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.0981 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.16 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0753, 7.8534, 30.0992)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D3397 #5D9733

analogous

#3B3397 #6D3397 #97338F

triadic

#6D3397 #976D33 #33976D

tetradic

#6D3397 #973B33 #5D9733 #338F97

square

#6D3397 #973B33 #5D9733 #338F97

split-complementary

#6D3397 #8F9733 #33973B

monochromatic

#2B143C #4C2469 #6D3397 #8D47C1 #AA74D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#6D3397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#6D3397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D3397

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D3397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D3397	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d3397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 51, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.160 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6fb6',
    500: '#6d3397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d3397;
$custom-light: #9a6fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d3397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44739,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D3397

secondary

#8DB86D

accent

#D94F89

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D3397

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

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