#6E2897#6E2897

#6E2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.175 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2897
RGB	rgb(110, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 49.39, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 68.46, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1118 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.175 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7740, 7.0672, 29.9633)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2897 #519728

analogous

#372897 #6E2897 #972888

triadic

#6E2897 #976E28 #28976E

tetradic

#6E2897 #973728 #519728 #288897

square

#6E2897 #973728 #519728 #288897

split-complementary

#6E2897 #889728 #289737

monochromatic

#280E36 #4B1B67 #6E2897 #9135C7 #AC64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#6E2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6E2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2897

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2897	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)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.175 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69b6',
    500: '#6e2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2897;
$custom-light: #9c69b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.838,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43541,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2897

secondary

#81BC5F

accent

#E14680

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2897

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

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