#6E2497#6E2497

#6E2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.179 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2497
RGB	rgb(110, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 51.06, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 70.32, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1158 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.179 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6461, 6.8114, 29.9207)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2497 #4D9724

analogous

#352497 #6E2497 #972487

triadic

#6E2497 #976E24 #24976E

tetradic

#6E2497 #973524 #4D9724 #248797

square

#6E2497 #973524 #4D9724 #248797

split-complementary

#6E2497 #879724 #249735

monochromatic

#260C34 #4A1866 #6E2497 #9230C8 #AC5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#6E2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6E2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2497

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2497	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.179 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67b6',
    500: '#6e2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2497;
$custom-light: #9c67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43126,
    "c": 0.17938,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2497

secondary

#7DBD5A

accent

#E5437D

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2497

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

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