#6B228B#6B228B

#6B228B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.169 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B228B
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 48.63, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 65.32, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.1157 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.169 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2948, 6.1343, 25.0101)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B228B #428B22

analogous

#37228B #6B228B #8B2277

triadic

#6B228B #8B6B22 #228B6B

tetradic

#6B228B #8B3722 #428B22 #22778B

square

#6B228B #8B3722 #428B22 #22778B

split-complementary

#6B228B #778B22 #228B37

monochromatic

#1F0A29 #45165A #6B228B #912EBC #AD53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#6B228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B228B

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B228B	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.169 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965ad',
    500: '#6b228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b228b;
$custom-light: #9965ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41602,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B228B

secondary

#70B850

accent

#E44475

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B228B

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

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