#6E2495#6E2495

#6E2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.177 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2495
RGB	rgb(110, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 50.62, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 69.32, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1161 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.177 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4851, 6.7470, 29.0725)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2495 #4B9524

analogous

#362495 #6E2495 #952484

triadic

#6E2495 #956E24 #24956E

tetradic

#6E2495 #953624 #4B9524 #248495

square

#6E2495 #953624 #4B9524 #248495

split-complementary

#6E2495 #849524 #249536

monochromatic

#250C32 #4A1864 #6E2495 #9230C6 #AD5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#6E2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6E2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2495

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2495	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.177 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67b5',
    500: '#6e2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2495;
$custom-light: #9c67b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.292,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42973,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2495

secondary

#7BBC59

accent

#E4447B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2495

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

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