#6236A4#6236A4

#6236A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.168 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6236A4
RGB	rgb(98, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 43.30, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 67.95, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.0778 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.168 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0553, 7.9151, 35.9547)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#6236A4 #78A436

analogous

#3641A4 #6236A4 #9936A4

triadic

#6236A4 #A46236 #36A462

tetradic

#6236A4 #A43641 #78A436 #36A499

square

#6236A4 #A43641 #78A436 #36A499

split-complementary

#6236A4 #A49936 #41A436

monochromatic

#2B1848 #462776 #6236A4 #8051C6 #A27FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#6236A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#6236A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6236A4

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6236A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6236A4	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6236a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.168 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9470c0',
    500: '#6236a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6236a4;
$custom-light: #9470c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6236a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44825,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6236A4

secondary

#A2BE78

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6236A4

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

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