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violet · cool

#613ccc

a balanced, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: True Iris

RGB
97, 60, 204
HSL
255°, 59%, 52%
CMYK
53, 71, 0, 20
Luminance
0.1013

#613ccc is a balanced vivid violet, 255° on the wheel and 75/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.94:1). As text it scores 6.94:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(255 59% 52%)rgb(97 60 204)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #613ccc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#613ccc
Hue
255°
violet
Saturation
59%
vivid
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
39%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1013
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
75/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
6.94:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
85.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.489
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 12.8
Web-safe
#6633CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue255° of 360°
Saturation59%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #613ccc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool75% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green32%
Blue43%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#613ccc
HEX (8-digit)#613cccff
RGBrgb(97, 60, 204)
RGBArgba(97, 60, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(255, 59%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 71%, 80%)
HWBhwb(255 24% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 71%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(38.1 51.0 -69.0)
LCHlch(38.1 85.8 306.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.489 0.208 287.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(17.44, 10.13, 58.15)
Decimal6372556
Display P3color(display-p3 0.380 0.235 0.800)
Web-safe#6633CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #613ccc;
background-color: #613ccc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #613ccc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#613ccc] bg-[#613ccc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #613ccc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.380, green: 0.235, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.380, green: 0.235, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#613CCC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF613CCC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF613CCC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 60, 97)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(97, 60, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(97, 60, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 97, 60, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3804f, 0.2353f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{97,60,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #613ccc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #613ccc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2E1A65, #DAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #613ccc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F4FB;
  --brand-100: #ECE9F7;
  --brand-200: #D6CDEF;
  --brand-300: #B7A6E8;
  --brand-400: #937ADC;
  --brand-500: #6F4DD0;
  --brand-600: #613ccc;
  --brand-700: #492AA2;
  --brand-800: #3A2281;
  --brand-900: #2D1C5E;
  --brand-950: #1C123B;
  --brand: #613ccc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CBC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #522FB5;
  --brand-pressed: #452899;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #181424;
    --brand-ink: #DAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F4FB',
        100: '#ECE9F7',
        200: '#D6CDEF',
        300: '#B7A6E8',
        400: '#937ADC',
        500: '#6F4DD0',
        600: '#613ccc',
        700: '#492AA2',
        800: '#3A2281',
        900: '#2D1C5E',
        950: '#1C123B',
        DEFAULT: '#613ccc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F4FB,
  '100': #ECE9F7,
  '200': #D6CDEF,
  '300': #B7A6E8,
  '400': #937ADC,
  '500': #6F4DD0,
  '600': #613ccc,
  '700': #492AA2,
  '800': #3A2281,
  '900': #2D1C5E,
  '950': #1C123B,
);
$brand-base: #613ccc;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECE9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6CDEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B7A6E8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#937ADC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6F4DD0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#613ccc", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#492AA2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A2281", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D1C5E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C123B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #613ccc · 6.94:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.94:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.03:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #613ccc as text scores 6.94:1 on white and 3.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EFEBFA at 5.93:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#613ccc · 6.94:1
AA on whitealready passes
#613ccc
The quick fox
#5E38CB · 7.23:1
AAA on white−1% L
#5E38CB
The quick fox
#7F61D6 · 4.58:1
AA on black+9% L
#7F61D6
The quick fox
#9F89E0 · 7.13:1
AAA on black+19% L
#9F89E0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #613CCC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#613ccc on white: 6.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#613ccc on black: 3.03:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #613ccc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #613ccc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.94:1AaAa
Slate 506.63:1AaAa
Slate 1006.33:1AaAa
Slate 2005.63:1AaAa
Slate 3004.67:1AaAa
Slate 4002.71:1AaAa
Slate 5001.46:1AaAa
Slate 6001.09:1AaAa
Slate 7001.49:1AaAa
Slate 8002.11:1AaAa
Slate 9002.57:1AaAa
Black3.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #005DD0
deuteranopia · #0056C9
tritanopia · #376280

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #613ccc is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F4FB
#ECE9F7
#D6CDEF
#B7A6E8
#937ADC
#6F4DD0
#613ccc
#492AA2
#3A2281
#2D1C5E
#1C123B
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F6F4FBDarkest = 950 · #1C123BText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.052 287.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.083 287.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.125 287.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.163 287.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.192 287.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.208 287.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.208 287.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.196 287.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.175 287.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.146 287.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.115 287.9);
}

Colors that work with #613ccc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CBC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A5A626
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2E1A65
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFEBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#181424
Dark-mode background
Hover#522FB5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#452899
Two steps down
Disabled#B5ADCB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6941DB
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #613ccc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight48/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#A7CC3C
Analogous left#3C5FCC
Analogous right#A93CCC
Split-complement 1#CCA93C
Split-complement 2#5FCC3C
Triadic 1#CC613C
Triadic 2#3CCC61
Tetradic#CC3C5F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°255°

#613ccc sits at 255°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red38.0%
Green23.5%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
97
0x61
G · 0–255
60
0x3c
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan52.5%
Magenta70.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.0%

Total ink coverage is 143%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#613ccc text on a black background

contrast 3.03:1

Card sample

#613ccc text on a white background

contrast 6.94:1

Card sample

#613ccc on grey

6.33:1

#613ccc on its own surface

6.36:1

#613ccc on its dark surface

2.60:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #613ccc;
Background color
Panel with #613ccc background
background-color: #613ccc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #613ccc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(97, 60, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(97, 60, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #613ccc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #613ccc, #C13CCC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #613ccc, #CC3CB3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #613ccc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #613ccc;
caret-color: #613ccc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #613ccc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFEBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #613ccc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#613ccc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #613ccc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(97, 60, 204, 0.5)
rgb(97 60 204 / 50%)
#613ccc80
hsl(255 59% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #613ccc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#613ccc1a#EFECFA
20%#613ccc33#DFD8F5
40%#613ccc66#C0B1EB
60%#613ccc99#A08AE0
80%#613ccccc#8163D6

Gradients from #613ccc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #886DD9, #613ccc 45%, #2E1A65);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #613ccc, #B930B8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #613ccc, #A7CC3C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9C85DF 0%, #613ccc 45%, #2E1A65 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #658AD7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BE54D2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2E1A65 0%, transparent 65%), #613ccc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #613ccc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#613ccc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.03:1 — lift it to #7F61D6 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#613ccc, answered

What color is #613ccc?

#613ccc is a balanced vivid violet, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 255° on the hue wheel with 59% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #613ccc?

rgb(97, 60, 204) — 97 red, 60 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 38% / 23.5% / 80% by channel.

What is #613ccc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(255, 59%, 52%) and hsv(255, 71%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #613ccc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1013 and perceived brightness is 39%, so white text on it reaches 6.94:1.

Should I use black or white text on #613ccc?

White. It scores 6.94:1 against #613ccc, versus 3.03:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #613ccc accessible on a white background?

#613ccc on white scores 6.94:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #613ccc?

#A7CC3C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CCA93C and #5FCC3C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #613ccc?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CBC0ED for borders, #5F4B9B for secondary text, #A5A626 as an accent and #2E1A65 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3C5FCC and #A93CCC stays calm, while #A7CC3C is the loudest partner.

What is #613ccc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(53%, 71%, 0%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #613ccc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 75 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #963CCC; nudged cooler, #3A4ACE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #613ccc?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 12.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #613ccc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #613ccc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#613ccc] or text-[#613ccc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #613ccc with 50% opacity?

rgba(97, 60, 204, 0.5), or #613ccc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B09EE6; over black, #311E66.

Is #613ccc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6633CC, ΔE2000 2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #613ccc mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #613ccc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #886DD9, #613ccc 45%, #2E1A65). For more colour, a short hue run to #B930B8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #613ccc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #613ccc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.