#6D227C#6D227C

#6D227C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.155 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D227C
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 45.93, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 57.96, 322.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.1198 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.155 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5164, 5.8510, 19.6403)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D227C #317C22

analogous

#40227C #6D227C #7C225E

triadic

#6D227C #7C6D22 #227C6D

tetradic

#6D227C #7C4022 #317C22 #225E7C

square

#6D227C #7C4022 #317C22 #225E7C

split-complementary

#6D227C #5E7C22 #227C40

monochromatic

#19081C #43154C #6D227C #972FAC #B84BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#6D227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6D227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D227C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D227C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B477A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.155 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a2',
    500: '#6d227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d227c;
$custom-light: #9a65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40828,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D227C

secondary

#5CAF4B

accent

#E04861

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D227C

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

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