#6A239D#6A239D

#6A239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.185 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A239D
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 52.06, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 73.90, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1098 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.185 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6294, 6.7007, 32.5198)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A239D #569D23

analogous

#2D239D #6A239D #9D2393

triadic

#6A239D #9D6A23 #239D6A

tetradic

#6A239D #9D2D23 #569D23 #23939D

square

#6A239D #9D2D23 #569D23 #23939D

split-complementary

#6A239D #939D23 #239D2D

monochromatic

#260D39 #48186B #6A239D #8C2ECF #A75FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#6A239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6A239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A239D

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A239D	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.185 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66bb',
    500: '#6a239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a239d;
$custom-light: #9a66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.918,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42968,
    "c": 0.18529,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A239D

secondary

#86C05C

accent

#E74186

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A239D

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

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