#6231AD#6231AD

#6231AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.185 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6231AD
RGB	rgb(98, 49, 173)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 48.28, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 75.56, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.0816 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.185 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6761, 7.8101, 40.3140)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#6231AD #7CAD31

analogous

#313EAD #6231AD #A031AD

triadic

#6231AD #AD6231 #31AD62

tetradic

#6231AD #AD313E #7CAD31 #31ADA0

square

#6231AD #AD313E #7CAD31 #31ADA0

split-complementary

#6231AD #ADA031 #3EAD31

monochromatic

#2C164E #47237D #6231AD #804ECD #A37EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#6231AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#6231AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6231AD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6231AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6231AD	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6231ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 49, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.185 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#956dc6',
    500: '#6231ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6231ad;
$custom-light: #956dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6231ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.71,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44889,
    "c": 0.18519,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6231AD

secondary

#A5C377

accent

#DF49A4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6231AD

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

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