#6A228F#6A228F

#6A228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.173 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A228F
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, 49.30, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 67.33, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1136 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.173 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4729, 6.1917, 26.5720)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A228F #478F22

analogous

#34228F #6A228F #8F227E

triadic

#6A228F #8F6A22 #228F6A

tetradic

#6A228F #8F3422 #478F22 #227E8F

square

#6A228F #8F3422 #478F22 #227E8F

split-complementary

#6A228F #7E8F22 #228F34

monochromatic

#210A2C #45165E #6A228F #8F2EC0 #AB55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#6A228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A228F

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A228F	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.173 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6a228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a228f;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.633,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41765,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A228F

secondary

#76BA52

accent

#E5437A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A228F

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

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