#6A229D#6A229D

#6A229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.186 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A229D
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 52.45, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 74.34, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1107 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.186 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6004, 6.6427, 32.5101)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A229D #559D22

analogous

#2D229D #6A229D #9D2293

triadic

#6A229D #9D6A22 #229D6A

tetradic

#6A229D #9D2D22 #559D22 #22939D

square

#6A229D #9D2D22 #559D22 #22939D

split-complementary

#6A229D #939D22 #229D2D

monochromatic

#260C38 #48176B #6A229D #8C2DCF #A85DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#6A229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6A229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A229D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A229D	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.186 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66bb',
    500: '#6a229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a229d;
$custom-light: #9a66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42873,
    "c": 0.18633,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A229D

secondary

#85C15A

accent

#E74086

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A229D

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

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