#6B237F#6B237F

#6B237F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.156 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B237F
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 45.66, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 58.91, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.116 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.156 318)
XYZ	xyz(10.4947, 5.8606, 20.6530)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B237F #377F23

analogous

#3D237F #6B237F #7F2365

triadic

#6B237F #7F6B23 #237F6B

tetradic

#6B237F #7F3D23 #377F23 #23657F

square

#6B237F #7F3D23 #377F23 #23657F

split-complementary

#6B237F #657F23 #237F3D

monochromatic

#1A091F #43164F #6B237F #9330AF #B24ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#6B237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6B237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B237F

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B237F	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.156 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9865a5',
    500: '#6b237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b237f;
$custom-light: #9865a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40844,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B237F

secondary

#62B14C

accent

#E04869

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B237F

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

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