#6237C6#6237C6

#6237C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.207 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6237C6
RGB	rgb(98, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 52.06, -67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 85.41, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.0709 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.207 290)
XYZ	xyz(16.5933, 9.4056, 54.3563)
Luminance	0.0941 (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

#6237C6 #9BC637

analogous

#3753C6 #6237C6 #AA37C6

triadic

#6237C6 #C66237 #37C662

tetradic

#6237C6 #C63753 #9BC637 #37C6AA

square

#6237C6 #C63753 #9BC637 #37C6AA

split-complementary

#6237C6 #C6AA37 #53C637

monochromatic

#331C66 #4A2A96 #6237C6 #8766D4 #AD96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#6237C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#6237C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6237C6

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6237C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6237C6	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6237c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(98, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.207 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9872d8',
    500: '#6237c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6237c6;
$custom-light: #9872d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6237c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 98,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.042,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47786,
    "c": 0.20692,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6237C6

secondary

#B9CD8C

accent

#E048B2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6237C6

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

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