#6C237C#6C237C

#6C237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.154 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C237C
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 45.27, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 57.46, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.1174 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.154 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4230, 5.8460, 19.6442)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C237C #337C23

analogous

#3F237C #6C237C #7C235F

triadic

#6C237C #7C6C23 #237C6C

tetradic

#6C237C #7C3F23 #337C23 #235F7C

square

#6C237C #7C3F23 #337C23 #235F7C

split-complementary

#6C237C #5F7C23 #237C3F

monochromatic

#19081D #42164C #6C237C #9630AC #B64DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#6C237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6C237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C237C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C237C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A477A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.154 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965a2',
    500: '#6c237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c237c;
$custom-light: #9965a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.213,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40786,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C237C

secondary

#5EAF4C

accent

#DF4964

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C237C

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