#6D227B#6D227B

#6D227B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.154 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D227B
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 45.73, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 57.48, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.1199 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.154 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4534, 5.8259, 19.3089)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D227B #307B22

analogous

#40227B #6D227B #7B225C

triadic

#6D227B #7B6D22 #227B6D

tetradic

#6D227B #7B4022 #307B22 #225C7B

square

#6D227B #7B4022 #307B22 #225C7B

split-complementary

#6D227B #5C7B22 #227B40

monochromatic

#18071B #43154B #6D227B #972FAB #B84ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#6D227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6D227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D227B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D227B	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.154 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a64a2',
    500: '#6d227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d227b;
$custom-light: #9a64a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.562,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40761,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D227B

secondary

#5BAE4B

accent

#E04860

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D227B

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

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