#6A239E#6A239E

#6A239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.186 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A239E
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 52.29, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 74.40, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1096 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.186 306)
XYZ	xyz(12.7151, 6.7350, 32.9713)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A239E #579E23

analogous

#2C239E #6A239E #9E2395

triadic

#6A239E #9E6A23 #239E6A

tetradic

#6A239E #9E2C23 #579E23 #23959E

square

#6A239E #9E2C23 #579E23 #23959E

split-complementary

#6A239E #959E23 #239E2C

monochromatic

#270D3A #48186C #6A239E #8C2ED0 #A760DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#6A239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6A239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A239E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A239E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.186 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66bc',
    500: '#6a239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a239e;
$custom-light: #9a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.634,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4305,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.06735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A239E

secondary

#87C15C

accent

#E74187

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A239E

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

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