#6A238E#6A238E

#6A238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.170 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A238E
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 48.67, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 66.37, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1128 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.17 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4265, 6.2195, 26.1845)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A238E #478E23

analogous

#35238E #6A238E #8E237D

triadic

#6A238E #8E6A23 #238E6A

tetradic

#6A238E #8E3523 #478E23 #237D8E

square

#6A238E #8E3523 #478E23 #237D8E

split-complementary

#6A238E #7D8E23 #238E35

monochromatic

#210B2C #45175D #6A238E #8F2FBF #AB56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#6A238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6A238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A238E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A238E	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.170 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6a238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a238e;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.813,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4179,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A238E

secondary

#76B953

accent

#E4447A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A238E

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

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