#6B23A7#6B23A7

#6B23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.195 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B23A7
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 54.55, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 78.85, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1088 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.195 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6379, 7.1179, 37.2071)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B23A7 #5FA723

analogous

#2923A7 #6B23A7 #A723A1

triadic

#6B23A7 #A76B23 #23A76B

tetradic

#6B23A7 #A72923 #5FA723 #23A1A7

square

#6B23A7 #A72923 #5FA723 #23A1A7

split-complementary

#6B23A7 #A1A723 #23A729

monochromatic

#2A0E42 #4B1874 #6B23A7 #8B33D4 #A866DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#6B23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#6B23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B23A7

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B23A7	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.195 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67c2',
    500: '#6b23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b23a7;
$custom-light: #9b67c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43924,
    "c": 0.19544,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B23A7

secondary

#8EC461

accent

#E83F8C

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B23A7

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

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