#6237A8#6237A8

#6237A8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.172 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6237A8
RGB	rgb(98, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 43.84, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 69.53, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% 0.0762 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.172 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4692, 8.1559, 37.9028)
Luminance	0.0816 (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

#6237A8 #7DA837

analogous

#3744A8 #6237A8 #9A37A8

triadic

#6237A8 #A86237 #37A862

tetradic

#6237A8 #A83744 #7DA837 #37A89A

square

#6237A8 #A83744 #7DA837 #37A89A

split-complementary

#6237A8 #A89A37 #44A837

monochromatic

#2C194C #47287A #6237A8 #8055C7 #A383D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#6237A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#6237A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6237A8

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6237A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6237A8	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6237a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.172 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471c3',
    500: '#6237a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6237a8;
$custom-light: #9471c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6237a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.832,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4528,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6237A8

secondary

#A6C07B

accent

#DA4EA5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6237A8

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

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