#6E2899#6E2899

#6E2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.177 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2899
RGB	rgb(110, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 49.85, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 69.47, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1115 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.177 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9378, 7.1327, 30.8260)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2899 #539928

analogous

#352899 #6E2899 #99288B

triadic

#6E2899 #996E28 #28996E

tetradic

#6E2899 #993528 #539928 #288B99

square

#6E2899 #993528 #539928 #288B99

split-complementary

#6E2899 #8B9928 #289935

monochromatic

#280F38 #4B1B68 #6E2899 #9135CA #AB65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#6E2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#6E2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2899

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2899	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.177 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c69b8',
    500: '#6e2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2899;
$custom-light: #9c69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43692,
    "c": 0.17674,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2899

secondary

#83BD60

accent

#E24681

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2899

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

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