#6E2799#6E2799

#6E2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.178 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2799
RGB	rgb(110, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 50.27, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 69.94, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1125 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.178 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9045, 7.0662, 30.8149)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2799 #529927

analogous

#352799 #6E2799 #99278B

triadic

#6E2799 #996E27 #27996E

tetradic

#6E2799 #993527 #529927 #278B99

square

#6E2799 #993527 #529927 #278B99

split-complementary

#6E2799 #8B9927 #279935

monochromatic

#280E37 #4B1B68 #6E2799 #9133CA #AB63D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#6E2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6E2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2799

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2799	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.178 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c68b8',
    500: '#6e2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2799;
$custom-light: #9c68b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43586,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2799

secondary

#82BD5F

accent

#E34581

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2799

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

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