#6A236D#6A236D

#6A236D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.139 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A236D
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 41.79, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 50.23, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.115 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.139 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3050, 5.3709, 15.0116)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A236D #266D23

analogous

#45236D #6A236D #6D234B

triadic

#6A236D #6D6A23 #236D6A

tetradic

#6A236D #6D4523 #266D23 #234B6D

square

#6A236D #6D4523 #266D23 #234B6D

split-complementary

#6A236D #4B6D23 #236D45

monochromatic

#170717 #3D143F #6A236D #97329B #BF47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#6A236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#6A236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A236D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A236D	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33456B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.139 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#976497',
    500: '#6a236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a236d;
$custom-light: #976497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.568,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3952,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A236D

secondary

#4FA04B

accent

#DB4D53

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A236D

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

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