#6236B4#6236B4

#6236B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.187 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6236B4
RGB	rgb(98, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 47.63, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 76.51, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.0754 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.187 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5921, 8.5299, 44.0488)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 3.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6236B4 #88B436

analogous

#3649B4 #6236B4 #A136B4

triadic

#6236B4 #B46236 #36B462

tetradic

#6236B4 #B43649 #88B436 #36B4A1

square

#6236B4 #B43649 #88B436 #36B4A1

split-complementary

#6236B4 #B4A136 #49B436

monochromatic

#2F1A56 #482885 #6236B4 #825ACD #A689DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#6236B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#6236B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6236B4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6236B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6236B4	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6236b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.187 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9670cb',
    500: '#6236b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6236b4;
$custom-light: #9670cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6236b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46118,
    "c": 0.18728,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6236B4

secondary

#ADC680

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6236B4

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

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