#6B237B#6B237B

#6B237B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.152 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B237B
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 44.83, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 56.95, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.1162 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.152 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2391, 5.7584, 19.3072)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B237B #337B23

analogous

#3F237B #6B237B #7B235F

triadic

#6B237B #7B6B23 #237B6B

tetradic

#6B237B #7B3F23 #337B23 #235F7B

square

#6B237B #7B3F23 #337B23 #235F7B

split-complementary

#6B237B #5F7B23 #237B3F

monochromatic

#18081C #42154B #6B237B #9431AB #B54CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#6B237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#6B237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B237B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B237B	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.152 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a2',
    500: '#6b237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b237b;
$custom-light: #9865a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40571,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B237B

secondary

#5EAE4C

accent

#DF4964

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B237B

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

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