#6237A3#6237A3

#6237A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.166 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6237A3
RGB	rgb(98, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, 42.49, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 66.82, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.0768 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.166 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0124, 7.9732, 35.4966)
Luminance	0.0797 (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

#6237A3 #78A337

analogous

#3742A3 #6237A3 #9837A3

triadic

#6237A3 #A36237 #37A362

tetradic

#6237A3 #A33742 #78A337 #37A398

square

#6237A3 #A33742 #78A337 #37A398

split-complementary

#6237A3 #A39837 #42A337

monochromatic

#2B1847 #462875 #6237A3 #8052C5 #A280D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#6237A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#6237A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6237A3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6237A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6237A3	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6237a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.166 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471bf',
    500: '#6237a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6237a3;
$custom-light: #9471bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6237a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44888,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6237A3

secondary

#A2BE78

accent

#D94FA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6237A3

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

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