#6E3497#6E3497

#6E3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.159 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E3497
RGB	rgb(110, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 43.72, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 62.11, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.0983 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.159 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2432, 8.0055, 30.1197)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E3497 #5D9734

analogous

#3D3497 #6E3497 #97348E

triadic

#6E3497 #976E34 #34976E

tetradic

#6E3497 #973D34 #5D9734 #348E97

square

#6E3497 #973D34 #5D9734 #348E97

split-complementary

#6E3497 #8E9734 #34973D

monochromatic

#2C153C #4D2469 #6E3497 #8E48C0 #AA76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#6E3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#6E3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E3497

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E3497	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#684861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.159 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6fb6',
    500: '#6e3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e3497;
$custom-light: #9b6fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44997,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E3497

secondary

#8DB86F

accent

#D84F88

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0811

muted

#7E7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E3497

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

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