#68238B#68238B

#68238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.167 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68238B
RGB	rgb(104, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 47.59, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 64.90, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.1105 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.167 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9693, 6.0095, 25.0032)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68238B #468B23

analogous

#34238B #68238B #8B237A

triadic

#68238B #8B6823 #238B68

tetradic

#68238B #8B3423 #468B23 #237A8B

square

#68238B #8B3423 #468B23 #237A8B

split-complementary

#68238B #7A8B23 #238B34

monochromatic

#1F0A29 #43175A #68238B #8D2FBC #A954D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#68238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#68238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68238B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68238B	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.167 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9765ae',
    500: '#68238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68238b;
$custom-light: #9765ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41287,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68238B

secondary

#74B852

accent

#E3457A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #68238B

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

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