#6A237A#6A237A

#6A237A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.151 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237A
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 44.38, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 56.44, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.115 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.151 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0573, 5.6719, 18.9736)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237A #337A23

analogous

#3F237A #6A237A #7A235E

triadic

#6A237A #7A6A23 #237A6A

tetradic

#6A237A #7A3F23 #337A23 #235E7A

square

#6A237A #7A3F23 #337A23 #235E7A

split-complementary

#6A237A #5E7A23 #237A3F

monochromatic

#17081B #41154A #6A237A #9331AA #B44CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#6A237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6A237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237A	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.151 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a1',
    500: '#6a237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237a;
$custom-light: #9865a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.966,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40356,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237A

secondary

#5EAD4C

accent

#DF4965

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237A

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

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