#6C237F#6C237F

#6C237F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.157 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C237F
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 45.89, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 58.92, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.1173 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.157 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6156, 5.9230, 20.6586)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C237F #367F23

analogous

#3E237F #6C237F #7F2364

triadic

#6C237F #7F6C23 #237F6C

tetradic

#6C237F #7F3E23 #367F23 #23647F

square

#6C237F #7F3E23 #367F23 #23647F

split-complementary

#6C237F #647F23 #237F3E

monochromatic

#1A091F #43164F #6C237F #9530AF #B44ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#6C237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6C237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C237F

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C237F	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.157 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9965a5',
    500: '#6c237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c237f;
$custom-light: #9965a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.609,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4099,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C237F

secondary

#61B14C

accent

#E04867

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C237F

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

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