#6A238A#6A238A

#6A238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.166 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A238A
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 47.79, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 64.37, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.1134 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.166 313)
XYZ	xyz(11.1315, 6.1015, 24.6312)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A238A #438A23

analogous

#37238A #6A238A #8A2377

triadic

#6A238A #8A6A23 #238A6A

tetradic

#6A238A #8A3723 #438A23 #23778A

square

#6A238A #8A3723 #438A23 #23778A

split-complementary

#6A238A #778A23 #238A37

monochromatic

#1F0A28 #451759 #6A238A #8F2FBB #AC54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#6A238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#6A238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A238A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A238A	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.166 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865ad',
    500: '#6a238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a238a;
$custom-light: #9865ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.359,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4149,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A238A

secondary

#71B751

accent

#E34576

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A238A

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

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