#6B238B#6B238B

#6B238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.168 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B238B
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, 48.22, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 64.86, 318.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1146 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.168 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3238, 6.1923, 25.0198)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B238B #438B23

analogous

#37238B #6B238B #8B2377

triadic

#6B238B #8B6B23 #238B6B

tetradic

#6B238B #8B3723 #438B23 #23778B

square

#6B238B #8B3723 #438B23 #23778B

split-complementary

#6B238B #778B23 #238B37

monochromatic

#200A29 #45175A #6B238B #912FBC #AD54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#6B238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#6B238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B238B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B238B	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.168 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965ad',
    500: '#6b238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b238b;
$custom-light: #9965ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41704,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B238B

secondary

#71B852

accent

#E34576

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B238B

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

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