#6A237E#6A237E

#6A237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.155 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237E
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 45.22, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 58.41, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.1147 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.155 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3103, 5.7730, 20.3058)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237E #377E23

analogous

#3D237E #6A237E #7E2365

triadic

#6A237E #7E6A23 #237E6A

tetradic

#6A237E #7E3D23 #377E23 #23657E

square

#6A237E #7E3D23 #377E23 #23657E

split-complementary

#6A237E #657E23 #237E3D

monochromatic

#19081E #42164E #6A237E #9230AE #B24ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#6A237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6A237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237E	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.155 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a4',
    500: '#6a237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237e;
$custom-light: #9865a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.813,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40629,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237E

secondary

#62B04C

accent

#E04869

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237E

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

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