#6C237E#6C237E

#6C237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.156 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C237E
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 45.68, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 58.44, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.1173 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.156 319)
XYZ	xyz(10.5508, 5.8971, 20.3171)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C237E #357E23

analogous

#3F237E #6C237E #7E2363

triadic

#6C237E #7E6C23 #237E6C

tetradic

#6C237E #7E3F23 #357E23 #23637E

square

#6C237E #7E3F23 #357E23 #23637E

split-complementary

#6C237E #637E23 #237E3F

monochromatic

#1A081E #43164E #6C237E #9530AE #B44ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#6C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C237E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C237E	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.156 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965a4',
    500: '#6c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c237e;
$custom-light: #9965a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.132,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40922,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.05897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C237E

secondary

#60B04C

accent

#E04866

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C237E

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

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