#6A23AA#6A23AA

#6A23AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.198 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A23AA
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 79.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 55.08, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 80.40, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1065 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.198 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7988, 7.1685, 38.6791)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A23AA #63AA23

analogous

#2723AA #6A23AA #AA23A6

triadic

#6A23AA #AA6A23 #23AA6A

tetradic

#6A23AA #AA2723 #63AA23 #23A6AA

square

#6A23AA #AA2723 #63AA23 #23A6AA

split-complementary

#6A23AA #A6AA23 #23AA27

monochromatic

#2B0E44 #4A1977 #6A23AA #8935D5 #A768E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#6A23AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#6A23AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A23AA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A23AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A23AA	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a23aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.198 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67c4',
    500: '#6a23aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a23aa;
$custom-light: #9b67c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a23aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44052,
    "c": 0.19822,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A23AA

secondary

#92C663

accent

#E93F8F

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A23AA

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

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