#6A23A7#6A23A7

#6A23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.195 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A23A7
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 54.38, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 78.90, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.1073 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.195 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5183, 7.0563, 37.2015)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A23A7 #60A723

analogous

#2823A7 #6A23A7 #A723A2

triadic

#6A23A7 #A76A23 #23A76A

tetradic

#6A23A7 #A72823 #60A723 #23A2A7

square

#6A23A7 #A72823 #60A723 #23A2A7

split-complementary

#6A23A7 #A2A723 #23A728

monochromatic

#2A0E42 #4A1874 #6A23A7 #8A33D4 #A766DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#6A23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6A23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A23A7

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A23A7	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.195 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67c2',
    500: '#6a23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a23a7;
$custom-light: #9b67c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43797,
    "c": 0.19524,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A23A7

secondary

#8FC461

accent

#E83F8E

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A23A7

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

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