#6B228F#6B228F

#6B228F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.173 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B228F
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 49.50, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 67.31, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.115 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.173 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5924, 6.2533, 26.5776)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B228F #468F22

analogous

#34228F #6B228F #8F227D

triadic

#6B228F #8F6B22 #228F6B

tetradic

#6B228F #8F3422 #468F22 #227D8F

square

#6B228F #8F3422 #468F22 #227D8F

split-complementary

#6B228F #7D8F22 #228F34

monochromatic

#210A2C #46165E #6B228F #902EC0 #AC55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#6B228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6B228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B228F

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B228F	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.173 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965b0',
    500: '#6b228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b228f;
$custom-light: #9965b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.183,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41904,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B228F

secondary

#75BA52

accent

#E54378

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B228F

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

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