#6E2496#6E2496

#6E2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.178 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2496
RGB	rgb(110, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 50.84, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 69.82, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.116 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.178 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5652, 6.7790, 29.4948)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2496 #4C9624

analogous

#352496 #6E2496 #962485

triadic

#6E2496 #966E24 #24966E

tetradic

#6E2496 #963524 #4C9624 #248596

square

#6E2496 #963524 #4C9624 #248596

split-complementary

#6E2496 #859624 #249635

monochromatic

#260C33 #4A1865 #6E2496 #9230C7 #AD5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#6E2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6E2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2496

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2496	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.178 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67b6',
    500: '#6e2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2496;
$custom-light: #9c67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43049,
    "c": 0.1784,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2496

secondary

#7CBD59

accent

#E4437C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2496

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