#6C238E#6C238E

#6C238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.171 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C238E
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 49.08, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 66.34, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1156 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.171 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6670, 6.3435, 26.1958)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C238E #458E23

analogous

#37238E #6C238E #8E237A

triadic

#6C238E #8E6C23 #238E6C

tetradic

#6C238E #8E3723 #458E23 #237A8E

square

#6C238E #8E3723 #458E23 #237A8E

split-complementary

#6C238E #7A8E23 #238E37

monochromatic

#210B2C #47175D #6C238E #912FBF #AD56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#6C238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6C238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C238E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C238E	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.171 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b0',
    500: '#6c238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c238e;
$custom-light: #9a66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.935,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42068,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C238E

secondary

#74B953

accent

#E44477

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C238E

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