#68237E#68237E

#68237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.154 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68237E
RGB	rgb(104, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 44.75, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 58.38, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.1121 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.154 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0753, 5.6519, 20.2948)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68237E #397E23

analogous

#3B237E #68237E #7E2367

triadic

#68237E #7E6823 #237E68

tetradic

#68237E #7E3B23 #397E23 #23677E

square

#68237E #7E3B23 #397E23 #23677E

split-complementary

#68237E #677E23 #237E3B

monochromatic

#19081E #40164E #68237E #9030AE #AF4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#68237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#68237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68237E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68237E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24457C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.154 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9664a4',
    500: '#68237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68237e;
$custom-light: #9664a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.495,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40339,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68237E

secondary

#65B04C

accent

#E0486D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #68237E

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

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