#6E2599#6E2599

#6E2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.180 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2599
RGB	rgb(110, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 51.10, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 70.86, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1144 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.18 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8406, 6.9383, 30.7936)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2599 #509925

analogous

#342599 #6E2599 #99258A

triadic

#6E2599 #996E25 #25996E

tetradic

#6E2599 #993425 #509925 #258A99

square

#6E2599 #993425 #509925 #258A99

split-complementary

#6E2599 #8A9925 #259934

monochromatic

#270D36 #4B1968 #6E2599 #9131CA #AC60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#6E2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#6E2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2599

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2599	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.180 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67b8',
    500: '#6e2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2599;
$custom-light: #9c67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4338,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2599

secondary

#80BE5C

accent

#E4447F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2599

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

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