#6A237B#6A237B

#6A237B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.152 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237B
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 44.59, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 56.93, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.1149 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.152 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1196, 5.6968, 19.3016)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237B #347B23

analogous

#3E237B #6A237B #7B2360

triadic

#6A237B #7B6A23 #237B6A

tetradic

#6A237B #7B3E23 #347B23 #23607B

square

#6A237B #7B3E23 #347B23 #23607B

split-complementary

#6A237B #607B23 #237B3E

monochromatic

#18081C #41154B #6A237B #9331AB #B34CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#6A237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6A237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237B	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.152 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a2',
    500: '#6a237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237b;
$custom-light: #9865a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.409,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40424,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237B

secondary

#5FAE4C

accent

#DF4966

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237B

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

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