#6B238F#6B238F

#6B238F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.172 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B238F
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 49.09, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 66.85, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.114 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.172 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6214, 6.3113, 26.5873)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B238F #478F23

analogous

#35238F #6B238F #8F237D

triadic

#6B238F #8F6B23 #238F6B

tetradic

#6B238F #8F3523 #478F23 #237D8F

square

#6B238F #8F3523 #478F23 #237D8F

split-complementary

#6B238F #7D8F23 #238F35

monochromatic

#210B2D #46175E #6B238F #902FC0 #AB57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#6B238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6B238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B238F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B238F	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.172 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9966b0',
    500: '#6b238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b238f;
$custom-light: #9966b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42004,
    "c": 0.17171,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B238F

secondary

#76BA54

accent

#E44479

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B238F

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

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