#6A23A1#6A23A1

#6A23A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.189 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A23A1
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 161)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 52.98, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 75.91, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1089 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.189 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9765, 6.8395, 34.3478)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A23A1 #5AA123

analogous

#2B23A1 #6A23A1 #A12399

triadic

#6A23A1 #A16A23 #23A16A

tetradic

#6A23A1 #A12B23 #5AA123 #2399A1

square

#6A23A1 #A12B23 #5AA123 #2399A1

split-complementary

#6A23A1 #99A123 #23A12B

monochromatic

#280D3C #49186F #6A23A1 #8B2FD2 #A762DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#6A23A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6A23A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A23A1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A23A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A23A1	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#604361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a23a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.189 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66be',
    500: '#6a23a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a23a1;
$custom-light: #9a66be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a23a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.81,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43296,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A23A1

secondary

#8AC25E

accent

#E74189

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A23A1

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

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