#6B229F#6B229F

#6B229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.189 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B229F
RGB	rgb(107, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 53.09, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 75.29, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1117 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.189 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8921, 6.7732, 33.4224)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B229F #569F22

analogous

#2C229F #6B229F #9F2294

triadic

#6B229F #9F6B22 #229F6B

tetradic

#6B229F #9F2C22 #569F22 #22949F

square

#6B229F #9F2C22 #569F22 #22949F

split-complementary

#6B229F #949F22 #229F2C

monochromatic

#270C3A #49176D #6B229F #8D2DD1 #A85FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#6B229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6B229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B229F

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B229F	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.189 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66bc',
    500: '#6b229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b229f;
$custom-light: #9b66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.04,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43168,
    "c": 0.18855,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B229F

secondary

#86C15B

accent

#E84086

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B229F

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

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