#6236C4#6236C4

#6236C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.206 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6236C4
RGB	rgb(98, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, 52.01, -67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 84.90, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0722 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.206 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3171, 9.2199, 53.1337)
Luminance	0.0922 (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

#6236C4 #98C436

analogous

#3651C4 #6236C4 #A936C4

triadic

#6236C4 #C46236 #36C462

tetradic

#6236C4 #C43651 #98C436 #36C4A9

square

#6236C4 #C43651 #98C436 #36C4A9

split-complementary

#6236C4 #C4A936 #51C436

monochromatic

#321C64 #4A2994 #6236C4 #8663D4 #AB93E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#6236C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#6236C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6236C4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6236C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6236C4	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6236c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.206 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9871d7',
    500: '#6236c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6236c4;
$custom-light: #9871d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6236c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47486,
    "c": 0.20573,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6236C4

secondary

#B8CC89

accent

#E048B1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6236C4

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

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