#6A228B#6A228B

#6A228B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.169 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A228B
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 48.42, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 65.33, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.1143 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.169 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1752, 6.0726, 25.0045)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A228B #438B22

analogous

#36228B #6A228B #8B2278

triadic

#6A228B #8B6A22 #228B6A

tetradic

#6A228B #8B3622 #438B22 #22788B

square

#6A228B #8B3622 #438B22 #22788B

split-complementary

#6A228B #788B22 #228B36

monochromatic

#1F0A29 #45165A #6A228B #902EBC #AC53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#6A228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#6A228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A228B

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A228B	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.169 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865ae',
    500: '#6a228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a228b;
$custom-light: #9865ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41462,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A228B

secondary

#71B850

accent

#E44476

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A228B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →