#6A238B#6A238B

#6A238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.167 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A238B
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 48.01, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 64.87, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.1133 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.167 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2042, 6.1306, 25.0142)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A238B #448B23

analogous

#36238B #6A238B #8B2378

triadic

#6A238B #8B6A23 #238B6A

tetradic

#6A238B #8B3623 #448B23 #23788B

square

#6A238B #8B3623 #448B23 #23788B

split-complementary

#6A238B #788B23 #238B36

monochromatic

#1F0A29 #45175A #6A238B #8F2FBC #AC54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#6A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A238B

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A238B	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.167 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865ad',
    500: '#6a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a238b;
$custom-light: #9865ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41564,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A238B

secondary

#72B852

accent

#E34577

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A238B

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

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