#6B238A#6B238A

#6B238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.167 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B238A
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 48.00, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 64.36, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.1148 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.167 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2511, 6.1632, 24.6368)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B238A #428A23

analogous

#38238A #6B238A #8A2376

triadic

#6B238A #8A6B23 #238A6B

tetradic

#6B238A #8A3823 #428A23 #23768A

square

#6B238A #8A3823 #428A23 #23768A

split-complementary

#6B238A #768A23 #238A38

monochromatic

#1F0A28 #451759 #6B238A #912FBB #AD54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#6B238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#6B238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B238A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B238A	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.167 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965ad',
    500: '#6b238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b238a;
$custom-light: #9965ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.942,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4163,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B238A

secondary

#70B751

accent

#E34575

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B238A

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

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