#6B238D#6B238D

#6B238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.170 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B238D
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 48.65, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 65.85, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1143 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.17 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4713, 6.2513, 25.7965)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B238D #458D23

analogous

#36238D #6B238D #8D237A

triadic

#6B238D #8D6B23 #238D6B

tetradic

#6B238D #8D3623 #458D23 #237A8D

square

#6B238D #8D3623 #458D23 #237A8D

split-complementary

#6B238D #7A8D23 #238D36

monochromatic

#210B2B #46175C #6B238D #902FBE #AC55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#6B238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6B238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B238D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B238D	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15488B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.170 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965af',
    500: '#6b238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b238d;
$custom-light: #9965af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41853,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B238D

secondary

#74B953

accent

#E34477

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B238D

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

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