#6A229E#6A229E

#6A229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.187 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A229E
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 52.68, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 74.84, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1105 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.187 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6861, 6.6770, 32.9616)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A229E #569E22

analogous

#2C229E #6A229E #9E2294

triadic

#6A229E #9E6A22 #229E6A

tetradic

#6A229E #9E2C22 #569E22 #22949E

square

#6A229E #9E2C22 #569E22 #22949E

split-complementary

#6A229E #949E22 #229E2C

monochromatic

#260C39 #48176C #6A229E #8C2DD0 #A75EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#6A229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6A229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A229E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A229E	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.187 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66bc',
    500: '#6a229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a229e;
$custom-light: #9a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42954,
    "c": 0.18732,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A229E

secondary

#86C15B

accent

#E84086

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A229E

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

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