#6C227E#6C227E

#6C227E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.157 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C227E
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 46.10, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 58.91, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.1184 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.157 319)
XYZ	xyz(10.5218, 5.8391, 20.3074)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C227E #347E22

analogous

#3E227E #6C227E #7E2262

triadic

#6C227E #7E6C22 #227E6C

tetradic

#6C227E #7E3E22 #347E22 #22627E

square

#6C227E #7E3E22 #347E22 #22627E

split-complementary

#6C227E #627E22 #227E3E

monochromatic

#19081E #43154E #6C227E #952FAE #B54CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#6C227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6C227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C227E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C227E	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.157 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9964a4',
    500: '#6c227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c227e;
$custom-light: #9964a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40816,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.05839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C227E

secondary

#5FB14B

accent

#E14765

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C227E

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

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