#6E2499#6E2499

#6E2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.181 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2499
RGB	rgb(110, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 51.50, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 71.31, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1154 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.181 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8099, 6.8769, 30.7834)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2499 #4F9924

analogous

#342499 #6E2499 #99248A

triadic

#6E2499 #996E24 #24996E

tetradic

#6E2499 #993424 #4F9924 #248A99

square

#6E2499 #993424 #4F9924 #248A99

split-complementary

#6E2499 #8A9924 #249934

monochromatic

#270D36 #4A1867 #6E2499 #9230CB #AC5ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#6E2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#6E2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2499

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2499	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.181 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67b8',
    500: '#6e2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2499;
$custom-light: #9c67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.949,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4328,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2499

secondary

#7FBE5B

accent

#E5437E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2499

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

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