#6E2197#6E2197

#6E2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.183 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2197
RGB	rgb(110, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 52.23, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 71.62, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1186 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.183 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5591, 6.6374, 29.8917)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2197 #4A9721

analogous

#332197 #6E2197 #972185

triadic

#6E2197 #976E21 #21976E

tetradic

#6E2197 #973321 #4A9721 #218597

square

#6E2197 #973321 #4A9721 #218597

split-complementary

#6E2197 #859721 #219733

monochromatic

#250B33 #491665 #6E2197 #932CC9 #AD58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#6E2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6E2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2197

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2197	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.183 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c65b6',
    500: '#6e2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2197;
$custom-light: #9c65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42839,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2197

secondary

#7ABE55

accent

#E7417B

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2197

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

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