#6C229F#6C229F

#6C229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.189 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C229F
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 53.26, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 75.24, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1131 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.189 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0130, 6.8356, 33.4280)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C229F #559F22

analogous

#2D229F #6C229F #9F2293

triadic

#6C229F #9F6C22 #229F6C

tetradic

#6C229F #9F2D22 #559F22 #22939F

square

#6C229F #9F2D22 #559F22 #22939F

split-complementary

#6C229F #939F22 #229F2D

monochromatic

#280C3A #4A176D #6C229F #8E2DD1 #A95FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#6C229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6C229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C229F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C229F	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.189 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66bc',
    500: '#6c229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c229f;
$custom-light: #9b66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.52,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43299,
    "c": 0.18879,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C229F

secondary

#85C15B

accent

#E84084

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C229F

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

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