#6D378E#6D378E

#6D378E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.144 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D378E
RGB	rgb(109, 55, 142)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 39.76, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 55.59, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.0934 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.144 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5544, 7.9368, 26.4565)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D378E #588E37

analogous

#41378E #6D378E #8E3783

triadic

#6D378E #8E6D37 #378E6D

tetradic

#6D378E #8E4137 #588E37 #37838E

square

#6D378E #8E4137 #588E37 #37838E

split-complementary

#6D378E #838E37 #378E41

monochromatic

#291536 #4B2662 #6D378E #8F49B9 #AA76CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#6D378E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#6D378E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D378E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D378E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D378E	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E518C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d378e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 55, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.144 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a71af',
    500: '#6d378e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d378e;
$custom-light: #9a71af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d378e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44676,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D378E

secondary

#88B36E

accent

#D45484

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2ECF5

border

#CCC7CF

text

#0E0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D378E

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

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