#6B227D#6B227D

#6B227D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.155 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B227D
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 45.66, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 58.41, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.1172 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.155 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3366, 5.7510, 19.9636)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B227D #347D22

analogous

#3D227D #6B227D #7D2261

triadic

#6B227D #7D6B22 #227D6B

tetradic

#6B227D #7D3D22 #347D22 #22617D

square

#6B227D #7D3D22 #347D22 #22617D

split-complementary

#6B227D #617D22 #227D3D

monochromatic

#19081D #42154D #6B227D #942FAD #B44BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#6B227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6B227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B227D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B227D	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.155 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9864a3',
    500: '#6b227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b227d;
$custom-light: #9864a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.132,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.406,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B227D

secondary

#5FB04B

accent

#E04766

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B227D

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

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