#6C229D#6C229D

#6C229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.187 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C229D
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 52.81, -52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 74.25, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1136 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.187 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8409, 6.7667, 32.5214)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C229D #539D22

analogous

#2F229D #6C229D #9D2290

triadic

#6C229D #9D6C22 #229D6C

tetradic

#6C229D #9D2F22 #539D22 #22909D

square

#6C229D #9D2F22 #539D22 #22909D

split-complementary

#6C229D #909D22 #229D2F

monochromatic

#270C38 #49176B #6C229D #8F2DCF #AA5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#6C229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6C229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C229D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C229D	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.187 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66bb',
    500: '#6c229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c229d;
$custom-light: #9b66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.098,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43137,
    "c": 0.18684,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C229D

secondary

#83C15A

accent

#E74083

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C229D

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

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