#6B237D#6B237D

#6B237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.154 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B237D
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 45.24, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 57.93, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.1161 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.154 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3656, 5.8090, 19.9733)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B237D #357D23

analogous

#3E237D #6B237D #7D2362

triadic

#6B237D #7D6B23 #237D6B

tetradic

#6B237D #7D3E23 #357D23 #23627D

square

#6B237D #7D3E23 #357D23 #23627D

split-complementary

#6B237D #627D23 #237D3E

monochromatic

#19081D #42164D #6B237D #9430AD #B44DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#6B237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6B237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B237D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B237D	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.154 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a3',
    500: '#6b237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b237d;
$custom-light: #9865a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40707,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B237D

secondary

#60AF4C

accent

#E04867

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B237D

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

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