#6A227E#6A227E

#6A227E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.156 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A227E
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 45.64, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 58.89, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.1158 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.156 318)
XYZ	xyz(10.2813, 5.7150, 20.2962)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.78

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A227E #367E22

analogous

#3C227E #6A227E #7E2264

triadic

#6A227E #7E6A22 #227E6A

tetradic

#6A227E #7E3C22 #367E22 #22647E

square

#6A227E #7E3C22 #367E22 #22647E

split-complementary

#6A227E #647E22 #227E3C

monochromatic

#19081E #41154E #6A227E #932FAE #B24CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#6A227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6A227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A227E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A227E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.156 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9864a4',
    500: '#6a227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a227e;
$custom-light: #9864a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40522,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A227E

secondary

#61B14B

accent

#E14768

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A227E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →