#6C229A#6C229A

#6C229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.184 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C229A
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 52.14, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 72.76, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1142 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.184 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5879, 6.6655, 31.1890)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C229A #509A22

analogous

#30229A #6C229A #9A228C

triadic

#6C229A #9A6C22 #229A6C

tetradic

#6C229A #9A3022 #509A22 #228C9A

square

#6C229A #9A3022 #509A22 #228C9A

split-complementary

#6C229A #8C9A22 #229A30

monochromatic

#260C36 #491768 #6C229A #8F2DCC #AA5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#6C229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#6C229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C229A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C229A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.184 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b9',
    500: '#6c229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c229a;
$custom-light: #9b66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42897,
    "c": 0.18391,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C229A

secondary

#80BF58

accent

#E74181

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C229A

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

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