#6A238F#6A238F

#6A238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.171 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A238F
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 48.89, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 66.88, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.1127 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.171 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5019, 6.2497, 26.5817)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A238F #488F23

analogous

#34238F #6A238F #8F237E

triadic

#6A238F #8F6A23 #238F6A

tetradic

#6A238F #8F3423 #488F23 #237E8F

square

#6A238F #8F3423 #488F23 #237E8F

split-complementary

#6A238F #7E8F23 #238F34

monochromatic

#210B2D #46175E #6A238F #8E2FC0 #AA57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#6A238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6A238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A238F

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A238F	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.171 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6a238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a238f;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41866,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A238F

secondary

#77BA54

accent

#E4447B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A238F

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

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