#6B237A#6B237A

#6B237A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.151 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B237A
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 44.63, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 56.47, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.1163 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.151 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1769, 5.7335, 18.9792)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B237A #327A23

analogous

#3F237A #6B237A #7A235D

triadic

#6B237A #7A6B23 #237A6B

tetradic

#6B237A #7A3F23 #327A23 #235D7A

square

#6B237A #7A3F23 #327A23 #235D7A

split-complementary

#6B237A #5D7A23 #237A3F

monochromatic

#18081B #41154A #6B237A #9531AA #B64CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#6B237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6B237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B237A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B237A	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.151 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a1',
    500: '#6b237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b237a;
$custom-light: #9865a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40504,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B237A

secondary

#5DAD4C

accent

#DF4963

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B237A

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

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