#6B237C#6B237C

#6B237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.153 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B237C
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 45.03, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 57.44, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.1162 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.153 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3021, 5.7836, 19.6386)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B237C #347C23

analogous

#3E237C #6B237C #7C2360

triadic

#6B237C #7C6B23 #237C6B

tetradic

#6B237C #7C3E23 #347C23 #23607C

square

#6B237C #7C3E23 #347C23 #23607C

split-complementary

#6B237C #607C23 #237C3E

monochromatic

#19081D #42164C #6B237C #9430AC #B44DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#6B237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6B237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B237C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B237C	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29467A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.153 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a2',
    500: '#6b237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b237c;
$custom-light: #9865a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.539,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40639,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B237C

secondary

#5FAF4C

accent

#DF4965

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B237C

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

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