#6231AA#6231AA

#6231AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.182 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6231AA
RGB	rgb(98, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 47.49, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 73.98, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.0821 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.182 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3891, 7.6953, 38.8023)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6231AA #79AA31

analogous

#313CAA #6231AA #9F31AA

triadic

#6231AA #AA6231 #31AA62

tetradic

#6231AA #AA313C #79AA31 #31AA9F

square

#6231AA #AA313C #79AA31 #31AA9F

split-complementary

#6231AA #AA9F31 #3CAA31

monochromatic

#2B164B #47237A #6231AA #804DCC #A27CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#6231AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#6231AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6231AA

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6231AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6231AA	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6231aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.182 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#956dc4',
    500: '#6231aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6231aa;
$custom-light: #956dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6231aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.298,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44639,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6231AA

secondary

#A3C275

accent

#DF49A2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6231AA

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

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