#6C229B#6C229B

#6C229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.185 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C229B
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 52.36, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 73.25, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.114 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.185 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6715, 6.6990, 31.6295)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C229B #519B22

analogous

#2F229B #6C229B #9B228E

triadic

#6C229B #9B6C22 #229B6C

tetradic

#6C229B #9B2F22 #519B22 #228E9B

square

#6C229B #9B2F22 #519B22 #228E9B

split-complementary

#6C229B #8E9B22 #229B2F

monochromatic

#260C37 #491769 #6C229B #8F2DCD #AA5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#6C229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#6C229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C229B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C229B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.185 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b9',
    500: '#6c229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c229b;
$custom-light: #9b66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.694,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42977,
    "c": 0.18489,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C229B

secondary

#81C059

accent

#E74181

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C229B

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

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