#6C238B#6C238B

#6C238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.168 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C238B
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 48.43, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 64.84, 318.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.116 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.168 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4448, 6.2547, 25.0255)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C238B #428B23

analogous

#38238B #6C238B #8B2376

triadic

#6C238B #8B6C23 #238B6C

tetradic

#6C238B #8B3823 #428B23 #23768B

square

#6C238B #8B3823 #428B23 #23768B

split-complementary

#6C238B #768B23 #238B38

monochromatic

#200A29 #46175A #6C238B #922FBC #AE54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#6C238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6C238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C238B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C238B	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.168 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66ad',
    500: '#6c238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c238b;
$custom-light: #9a66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41845,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C238B

secondary

#70B852

accent

#E34574

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C238B

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

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