#6A237D#6A237D

#6A237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.154 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237D
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 45.01, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 57.91, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.1148 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.154 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2461, 5.7474, 19.9677)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237D #367D23

analogous

#3D237D #6A237D #7D2363

triadic

#6A237D #7D6A23 #237D6A

tetradic

#6A237D #7D3D23 #367D23 #23637D

square

#6A237D #7D3D23 #367D23 #23637D

split-complementary

#6A237D #637D23 #237D3D

monochromatic

#19081D #41164D #6A237D #9330AD #B24DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#6A237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6A237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237D	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.154 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a3',
    500: '#6a237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237d;
$custom-light: #9865a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40561,
    "c": 0.15371,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237D

secondary

#61AF4C

accent

#E04868

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237D

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

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