#6231A5#6231A5

#6231A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.176 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6231A5
RGB	rgb(98, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 70.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 46.17, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 71.33, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.083 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.176 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9251, 7.5097, 36.3586)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 2.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6231A5 #74A531

analogous

#313AA5 #6231A5 #9C31A5

triadic

#6231A5 #A56231 #31A562

tetradic

#6231A5 #A5313A #74A531 #31A59C

square

#6231A5 #A5313A #74A531 #31A59C

split-complementary

#6231A5 #A59C31 #3AA531

monochromatic

#2A1547 #462376 #6231A5 #804AC9 #A179D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#6231A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#6231A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6231A5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6231A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6231A5	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6231a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.176 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#946dc1',
    500: '#6231a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6231a5;
$custom-light: #946dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6231a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44229,
    "c": 0.17605,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6231A5

secondary

#9FC072

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6231A5

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