#6B2D5C · Plum Purple

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#6B2D5C is a dark, muted purple color, closest to Plum Purple and near Plum Purple and Eggplant. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.11 chroma at hue 338°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #6B2D5C a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#6B2D5C
RGBrgb(107, 45, 92)
HSLhsl(315, 41%, 30%)
CMYK0, 58, 14, 58
CSS var--plum-purple
Contrast9.74:1 white · 2.16:1 black

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How to use #6B2D5C

White text passes WCAG AA on #6B2D5C (9.74:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #6B2D5C with its analogous neighbors #5C2D6C and #6C2D3D; for contrast use its complement #2D6C3D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--plum-purple: #6B2D5C;

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