#6C238F#6C238F

#6C238F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.172 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C238F
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 49.30, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 66.83, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1154 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.172 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7424, 6.3737, 26.5930)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C238F #468F23

analogous

#36238F #6C238F #8F237C

triadic

#6C238F #8F6C23 #238F6C

tetradic

#6C238F #8F3623 #468F23 #237C8F

square

#6C238F #8F3623 #468F23 #237C8F

split-complementary

#6C238F #7C8F23 #238F36

monochromatic

#220B2D #47175E #6C238F #912FC0 #AD57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#6C238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6C238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C238F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C238F	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#683B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.172 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66b0',
    500: '#6c238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c238f;
$custom-light: #9a66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42143,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C238F

secondary

#75BA54

accent

#E44478

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C238F

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

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