#6B229E#6B229E

#6B229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.188 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B229E
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 52.86, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 74.79, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1119 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.188 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8056, 6.7386, 32.9672)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B229E #559E22

analogous

#2D229E #6B229E #9E2293

triadic

#6B229E #9E6B22 #229E6B

tetradic

#6B229E #9E2D22 #559E22 #22939E

square

#6B229E #9E2D22 #559E22 #22939E

split-complementary

#6B229E #939E22 #229E2D

monochromatic

#270C39 #49176C #6B229E #8D2DD0 #A85EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#6B229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6B229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B229E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B229E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.188 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66bc',
    500: '#6b229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b229e;
$custom-light: #9b66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43086,
    "c": 0.18757,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B229E

secondary

#85C15B

accent

#E84085

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B229E

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

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