#6A237C#6A237C

#6A237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.153 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237C
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 44.80, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 57.42, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.1149 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.153 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1825, 5.7219, 19.6330)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237C #357C23

analogous

#3D237C #6A237C #7C2361

triadic

#6A237C #7C6A23 #237C6A

tetradic

#6A237C #7C3D23 #357C23 #23617C

square

#6A237C #7C3D23 #357C23 #23617C

split-complementary

#6A237C #617C23 #237C3D

monochromatic

#18081D #41164C #6A237C #9330AC #B34DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#6A237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#6A237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237C	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28467A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.153 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a2',
    500: '#6a237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237c;
$custom-light: #9865a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.865,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40492,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237C

secondary

#60AF4C

accent

#DF4967

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237C

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

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