#6E169D#6E169D

#6E169D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.198 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E169D
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 57.10, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 78.52, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1254 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.198 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8019, 6.3234, 32.4379)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E169D #459D16

analogous

#2A169D #6E169D #9D1689

triadic

#6E169D #9D6E16 #169D6E

tetradic

#6E169D #9D2A16 #459D16 #16899D

square

#6E169D #9D2A16 #459D16 #16899D

split-complementary

#6E169D #899D16 #169D2A

monochromatic

#230732 #480E67 #6E169D #941ED3 #AF48E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#6E169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6E169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E169D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E169D	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.198 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62bb',
    500: '#6e169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e169d;
$custom-light: #9d62bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42463,
    "c": 0.19801,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E169D

secondary

#74C748

accent

#F23677

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E169D

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

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