#60238E#60238E

#60238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.167 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#60238E
RGB	rgb(96, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 46.66, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 66.64, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0987 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.167 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3063, 5.6420, 26.1320)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#60238E #518E23

analogous

#2B238E #60238E #8E2386

triadic

#60238E #8E6023 #238E60

tetradic

#60238E #8E2B23 #518E23 #23868E

square

#60238E #8E2B23 #518E23 #23868E

split-complementary

#60238E #868E23 #238E2B

monochromatic

#1E0B2C #3F175D #60238E #812FBF #9F56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#60238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#60238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #60238E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##60238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##60238E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #60238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.167 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b0',
    500: '#60238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #60238e;
$custom-light: #9264b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#60238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.206,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40443,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#60238E

secondary

#7FB953

accent

#E44489

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #60238E

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

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