#6A227D#6A227D

#6A227D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.155 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A227D
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 45.43, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 58.40, 321.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.1159 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.155 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2170, 5.6894, 19.9580)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A227D #357D22

analogous

#3C227D #6A227D #7D2262

triadic

#6A227D #7D6A22 #227D6A

tetradic

#6A227D #7D3C22 #357D22 #22627D

square

#6A227D #7D3C22 #357D22 #22627D

split-complementary

#6A227D #627D22 #227D3C

monochromatic

#18081D #41154D #6A227D #932FAD #B34BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#6A227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6A227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A227D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A227D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.155 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9864a3',
    500: '#6a227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a227d;
$custom-light: #9864a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.473,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40452,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A227D

secondary

#60B04B

accent

#E04767

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A227D

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

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