#6C23A5#6C23A5

#6C23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.194 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C23A5
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 54.25, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 77.80, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1108 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.194 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5754, 7.1069, 36.2466)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C23A5 #5CA523

analogous

#2B23A5 #6C23A5 #A5239D

triadic

#6C23A5 #A56C23 #23A56C

tetradic

#6C23A5 #A52B23 #5CA523 #239DA5

square

#6C23A5 #A52B23 #5CA523 #239DA5

split-complementary

#6C23A5 #9DA523 #23A52B

monochromatic

#2A0E40 #4B1873 #6C23A5 #8D32D3 #A964DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#6C23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#6C23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C23A5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C23A5	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.194 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c67c1',
    500: '#6c23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c23a5;
$custom-light: #9c67c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.692,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43885,
    "c": 0.19368,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C23A5

secondary

#8CC460

accent

#E8408A

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C23A5

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

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