#6B229A#6B229A

#6B229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.184 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B229A
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 51.95, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 72.80, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1128 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.184 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4669, 6.6031, 31.1834)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B229A #519A22

analogous

#2F229A #6B229A #9A228D

triadic

#6B229A #9A6B22 #229A6B

tetradic

#6B229A #9A2F22 #519A22 #228D9A

square

#6B229A #9A2F22 #519A22 #228D9A

split-complementary

#6B229A #8D9A22 #229A2F

monochromatic

#250C36 #481768 #6B229A #8E2DCC #A95BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#6B229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6B229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B229A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B229A	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.184 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b9',
    500: '#6b229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b229a;
$custom-light: #9a66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42763,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B229A

secondary

#81BF58

accent

#E74182

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B229A

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

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