#6C229E#6C229E

#6C229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.188 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C229E
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 53.04, -52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 74.75, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1133 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.188 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9266, 6.8010, 32.9729)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C229E #549E22

analogous

#2E229E #6C229E #9E2292

triadic

#6C229E #9E6C22 #229E6C

tetradic

#6C229E #9E2E22 #549E22 #22929E

square

#6C229E #9E2E22 #549E22 #22929E

split-complementary

#6C229E #929E22 #229E2E

monochromatic

#270C39 #4A176C #6C229E #8E2DD0 #A95EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#6C229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6C229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C229E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C229E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.188 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66bb',
    500: '#6c229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c229e;
$custom-light: #9b66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43218,
    "c": 0.18782,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C229E

secondary

#84C15B

accent

#E84084

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C229E

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

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