#6237A0#6237A0

#6237A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.162 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6237A0
RGB	rgb(98, 55, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 41.69, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 65.19, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0772 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.162 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7468, 7.8669, 34.0978)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#6237A0 #75A037

analogous

#3741A0 #6237A0 #9637A0

triadic

#6237A0 #A06237 #37A062

tetradic

#6237A0 #A03741 #75A037 #37A096

square

#6237A0 #A03741 #75A037 #37A096

split-complementary

#6237A0 #A09637 #41A037

monochromatic

#2A1845 #462772 #6237A0 #8051C3 #A17FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#6237A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#6237A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6237A0

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6237A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6237A0	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6237a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 55, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.162 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370bd',
    500: '#6237a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6237a0;
$custom-light: #9370bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6237a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44657,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6237A0

secondary

#A0BC77

accent

#D84FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6237A0

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

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