#6838B8#6838B8

#6838B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.190 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6838B8
RGB	rgb(104, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 48.79, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 77.33, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0813 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.19 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7725, 9.2317, 46.2890)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 3.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6838B8 #88B838

analogous

#3848B8 #6838B8 #A838B8

triadic

#6838B8 #B86838 #38B868

tetradic

#6838B8 #B83848 #88B838 #38B8A8

square

#6838B8 #B83848 #88B838 #38B8A8

split-complementary

#6838B8 #B8A838 #48B838

monochromatic

#331B5A #4D2A89 #6838B8 #895FCE #AB8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#6838B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#6838B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6838B8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6838B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6838B8	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6838b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.190 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a72ce',
    500: '#6838b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6838b8;
$custom-light: #9a72ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6838b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47345,
    "c": 0.18988,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6838B8

secondary

#AEC785

accent

#DD4BA6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0F0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6838B8

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

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