#6A229F#6A229F

#6A229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.188 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A229F
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 52.91, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 75.34, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1102 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.188 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7725, 6.7115, 33.4167)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A229F #579F22

analogous

#2B229F #6A229F #9F2295

triadic

#6A229F #9F6A22 #229F6A

tetradic

#6A229F #9F2B22 #579F22 #22959F

square

#6A229F #9F2B22 #579F22 #22959F

split-complementary

#6A229F #959F22 #229F2B

monochromatic

#270C3A #48176D #6A229F #8C2DD1 #A75FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#6A229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6A229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A229F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A229F	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#604260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.188 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66bc',
    500: '#6a229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a229f;
$custom-light: #9a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43036,
    "c": 0.18831,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A229F

secondary

#87C15B

accent

#E84087

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A229F

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

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