#68238E#68238E

#68238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.170 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68238E
RGB	rgb(104, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 48.26, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 66.42, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.1101 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.17 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1915, 6.0984, 26.1735)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68238E #498E23

analogous

#33238E #68238E #8E237E

triadic

#68238E #8E6823 #238E68

tetradic

#68238E #8E3323 #498E23 #237E8E

square

#68238E #8E3323 #498E23 #237E8E

split-complementary

#68238E #7E8E23 #238E33

monochromatic

#200B2C #44175D #68238E #8C2FBF #A856D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#68238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#68238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68238E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68238E	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.170 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9765b0',
    500: '#68238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68238e;
$custom-light: #9765b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.692,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41515,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68238E

secondary

#78B953

accent

#E4447D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #68238E

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

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