#6B228E#6B228E

#6B228E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.172 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B228E
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 49.28, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 66.81, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.1152 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.172 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5170, 6.2232, 26.1804)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B228E #458E22

analogous

#35228E #6B228E #8E227B

triadic

#6B228E #8E6B22 #228E6B

tetradic

#6B228E #8E3522 #458E22 #227B8E

square

#6B228E #8E3522 #458E22 #227B8E

split-complementary

#6B228E #7B8E22 #228E35

monochromatic

#210A2B #46165D #6B228E #902EBF #AC54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#6B228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6B228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B228E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B228E	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.172 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6b228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b228e;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41828,
    "c": 0.17189,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B228E

secondary

#74BA52

accent

#E44378

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B228E

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

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