#6C236E#6C236E

#6C236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.141 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C236E
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 42.51, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 50.83, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.1175 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.141 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5997, 5.5166, 15.3080)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C236E #256E23

analogous

#46236E #6C236E #6E234A

triadic

#6C236E #6E6C23 #236E6C

tetradic

#6C236E #6E4623 #256E23 #234A6E

square

#6C236E #6E4623 #256E23 #234A6E

split-complementary

#6C236E #4A6E23 #236E46

monochromatic

#170717 #3E1440 #6C236E #9A329C #C147C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#6C236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#6C236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C236E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C236E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34466C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.141 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996498',
    500: '#6c236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c236e;
$custom-light: #996498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39889,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C236E

secondary

#4EA14C

accent

#DB4D50

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C236E

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