#6A228E#6A228E

#6A228E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.172 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A228E
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 49.08, -45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 66.83, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1138 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.172 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3975, 6.1615, 26.1748)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A228E #468E22

analogous

#34228E #6A228E #8E227C

triadic

#6A228E #8E6A22 #228E6A

tetradic

#6A228E #8E3422 #468E22 #227C8E

square

#6A228E #8E3422 #468E22 #227C8E

split-complementary

#6A228E #7C8E22 #228E34

monochromatic

#200A2B #45165D #6A228E #8F2EBF #AB54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#6A228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6A228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A228E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A228E	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.172 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6a228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a228e;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41689,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A228E

secondary

#75BA52

accent

#E44379

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A228E

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

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