#6C228E#6C228E

#6C228E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.172 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C228E
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 49.48, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 66.79, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1165 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.172 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6380, 6.2855, 26.1861)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C228E #448E22

analogous

#36228E #6C228E #8E227A

triadic

#6C228E #8E6C22 #228E6C

tetradic

#6C228E #8E3622 #448E22 #227A8E

square

#6C228E #8E3622 #448E22 #227A8E

split-complementary

#6C228E #7A8E22 #228E36

monochromatic

#210A2B #46165D #6C228E #922EBF #AD54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#6C228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6C228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C228E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C228E	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.172 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65b0',
    500: '#6c228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c228e;
$custom-light: #9a65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41967,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C228E

secondary

#73BA52

accent

#E44376

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C228E

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

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