#6236A0#6236A0

#6236A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.164 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6236A0
RGB	rgb(98, 54, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 42.23, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 65.79, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0783 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.164 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6997, 7.7729, 34.0821)
Luminance	0.0777 (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

#6236A0 #74A036

analogous

#363FA0 #6236A0 #9736A0

triadic

#6236A0 #A06236 #36A062

tetradic

#6236A0 #A0363F #74A036 #36A097

square

#6236A0 #A0363F #74A036 #36A097

split-complementary

#6236A0 #A09736 #3FA036

monochromatic

#2A1744 #462772 #6236A0 #804FC4 #A17DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#6236A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#6236A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6236A0

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6236A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6236A0	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6236a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 54, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.164 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9470bd',
    500: '#6236a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6236a0;
$custom-light: #9470bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6236a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44514,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6236A0

secondary

#9FBC75

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6236A0

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

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