#6A237F#6A237F

#6A237F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.156 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A237F
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 45.43, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 58.90, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.1147 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.156 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3751, 5.7990, 20.6474)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A237F #387F23

analogous

#3C237F #6A237F #7F2366

triadic

#6A237F #7F6A23 #237F6A

tetradic

#6A237F #7F3C23 #387F23 #23667F

square

#6A237F #7F3C23 #387F23 #23667F

split-complementary

#6A237F #667F23 #237F3C

monochromatic

#1A091F #42164F #6A237F #9230AF #B14ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#6A237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6A237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A237F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A237F	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.156 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a5',
    500: '#6a237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a237f;
$custom-light: #9865a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.304,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A237F

secondary

#63B14C

accent

#E0486B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A237F

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

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