#6B238E#6B238E

#6B238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.171 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B238E
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, 48.87, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 66.35, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1142 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.171 312)
XYZ	xyz(11.5460, 6.2812, 26.1901)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B238E #468E23

analogous

#36238E #6B238E #8E237C

triadic

#6B238E #8E6B23 #238E6B

tetradic

#6B238E #8E3623 #468E23 #237C8E

square

#6B238E #8E3623 #468E23 #237C8E

split-complementary

#6B238E #7C8E23 #238E36

monochromatic

#210B2C #46175D #6B238E #902FBF #AC56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#6B238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6B238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B238E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B238E	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.171 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b0',
    500: '#6b238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b238e;
$custom-light: #9966b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.374,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41928,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.06281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B238E

secondary

#75B953

accent

#E44478

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B238E

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

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