#6C227D#6C227D

#6C227D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.156 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C227D
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 45.90, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 58.43, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.1185 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.156 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4576, 5.8134, 19.9693)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C227D #337D22

analogous

#3E227D #6C227D #7D2260

triadic

#6C227D #7D6C22 #227D6C

tetradic

#6C227D #7D3E22 #337D22 #22607D

square

#6C227D #7D3E22 #337D22 #22607D

split-complementary

#6C227D #607D22 #227D3E

monochromatic

#19081D #42154D #6C227D #962FAD #B64BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#6C227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#6C227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C227D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C227D	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.156 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9964a3',
    500: '#6c227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c227d;
$custom-light: #9964a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.791,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40747,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C227D

secondary

#5EB04B

accent

#E04764

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C227D

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

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