#6237A6#6237A6

#6237A6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.169 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6237A6
RGB	rgb(98, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 66.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 43.30, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 68.44, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% 0.0765 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.169 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2843, 8.0820, 36.9291)
Luminance	0.0808 (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

#6237A6 #7BA637

analogous

#3744A6 #6237A6 #9937A6

triadic

#6237A6 #A66237 #37A662

tetradic

#6237A6 #A63744 #7BA637 #37A699

square

#6237A6 #A63744 #7BA637 #37A699

split-complementary

#6237A6 #A69937 #44A637

monochromatic

#2C194A #472878 #6237A6 #8054C6 #A282D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#6237A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#6237A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6237A6

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6237A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6237A6	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6237a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.169 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471c1',
    500: '#6237a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6237a6;
$custom-light: #9471c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6237a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.243,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45122,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6237A6

secondary

#A4BF7A

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6237A6

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

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