#6B227E#6B227E

#6B227E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.156 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B227E
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 45.87, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 58.90, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.1171 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.156 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4008, 5.7767, 20.3018)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B227E #357E22

analogous

#3D227E #6B227E #7E2263

triadic

#6B227E #7E6B22 #227E6B

tetradic

#6B227E #7E3D22 #357E22 #22637E

square

#6B227E #7E3D22 #357E22 #22637E

split-complementary

#6B227E #637E22 #227E3D

monochromatic

#19081E #42154E #6B227E #942FAE #B44CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#6B227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6B227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B227E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B227E	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.156 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9864a4',
    500: '#6b227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b227e;
$custom-light: #9864a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40668,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B227E

secondary

#60B14B

accent

#E14767

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B227E

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

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