#6231AB#6231AB

#6231AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.183 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6231AB
RGB	rgb(98, 49, 171)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 47.75, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 74.51, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.082 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.183 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4841, 7.7333, 39.3024)
Luminance	0.0773 (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

#6231AB #7AAB31

analogous

#313DAB #6231AB #9F31AB

triadic

#6231AB #AB6231 #31AB62

tetradic

#6231AB #AB313D #7AAB31 #31AB9F

square

#6231AB #AB313D #7AAB31 #31AB9F

split-complementary

#6231AB #AB9F31 #3DAB31

monochromatic

#2B164C #47237B #6231AB #804DCC #A27DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#6231AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#6231AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6231AB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6231AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6231AB	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6231ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 49, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.183 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#956dc5',
    500: '#6231ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6231ab;
$custom-light: #956dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6231ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.098,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44722,
    "c": 0.18291,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6231AB

secondary

#A3C275

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6231AB

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

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