#6A228D#6A228D

#6A228D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.171 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A228D
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 48.86, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 66.33, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.114 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.171 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3227, 6.1316, 25.7812)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A228D #458D22

analogous

#35228D #6A228D #8D227B

triadic

#6A228D #8D6A22 #228D6A

tetradic

#6A228D #8D3522 #458D22 #227B8D

square

#6A228D #8D3522 #458D22 #227B8D

split-complementary

#6A228D #7B8D22 #228D35

monochromatic

#200A2A #45165C #6A228D #8F2EBE #AB54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#6A228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6A228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A228D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A228D	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.171 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965af',
    500: '#6a228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a228d;
$custom-light: #9965af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.374,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41613,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A228D

secondary

#73B951

accent

#E44478

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A228D

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

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