#6D38AD#6D38AD

#6D38AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.178 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6D38AD
RGBrgb(109, 56, 173)
HSLhsl(267, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(267, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(36.17, 46.90, -53.86)
CIE-LCHlch(36.17, 71.42, 311.05°)
OKLaboklab(47.03% 0.0901 -0.1534)
OKLCHoklch(47.03% 0.178 300.4)
XYZxyz(15.2618, 9.0966, 40.4788)
Luminance0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6D38AD #78AD38
analogous
#383EAD #6D38AD #A738AD
triadic
#6D38AD #AD6D38 #38AD6D
tetradic
#6D38AD #AD383E #78AD38 #38ADA7
square
#6D38AD #AD383E #78AD38 #38ADA7
split-complementary
#6D38AD #ADA738 #3EAD38
monochromatic
#331A51 #50297F #6D38AD #8C59C9 #AC87D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45
#6D38AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82
#6D38AD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D38AD
7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6D38AD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##6D38AD1.007.452.827.45
#FFFFFF7.451.0021.001.00
#0000002.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.451.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0055B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0054AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5F536E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6d38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.178 300.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c72c6',
    500: '#6d38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6d38ad;
$custom-light: #9c72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6d38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.179,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47029,
    "c": 0.17787,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6D38AD
secondary
#A4C27F
accent
#DB4D9B
background
#FAF7FC
surface
#F3EDF8
border
#CDC8D1
text
#0F0813
muted
#7F7B82

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#6D38AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva