#6E2A99#6E2A99

#6E2A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.174 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E2A99
RGB	rgb(110, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 48.97, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 68.49, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.1094 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.174 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0070, 7.2711, 30.8491)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E2A99 #55992A

analogous

#372A99 #6E2A99 #992A8C

triadic

#6E2A99 #996E2A #2A996E

tetradic

#6E2A99 #99372A #55992A #2A8C99

square

#6E2A99 #99372A #55992A #2A8C99

split-complementary

#6E2A99 #8C992A #2A9937

monochromatic

#291039 #4B1D69 #6E2A99 #9038C8 #AB68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#6E2A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6E2A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E2A99

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E2A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E2A99	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e2a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.174 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c6ab8',
    500: '#6e2a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e2a99;
$custom-light: #9c6ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e2a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.757,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43912,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E2A99

secondary

#85BC63

accent

#E04883

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E2A99

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

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