#6E16A1#6E16A1

#6E16A1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.202 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E16A1
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 57.95, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 80.43, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1242 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.202 308)
XYZ	xyz(13.1490, 6.4622, 34.2659)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E16A1 #49A116

analogous

#2916A1 #6E16A1 #A1168E

triadic

#6E16A1 #A16E16 #16A16E

tetradic

#6E16A1 #A12916 #49A116 #168EA1

square

#6E16A1 #A12916 #49A116 #168EA1

split-complementary

#6E16A1 #8EA116 #16A129

monochromatic

#240735 #490F6B #6E16A1 #931DD7 #AD4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#6E16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6E16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E16A1

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E16A1	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.202 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d62be',
    500: '#6e16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e16a1;
$custom-light: #9d62be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.986,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.428,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.06462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E16A1

secondary

#79C84B

accent

#F3357B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF7

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E16A1

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

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