#6D227D#6D227D

#6D227D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.156 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D227D
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 46.13, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 58.44, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.1198 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.156 320)
XYZ	xyz(10.5799, 5.8765, 19.9750)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D227D #327D22

analogous

#3F227D #6D227D #7D225F

triadic

#6D227D #7D6D22 #227D6D

tetradic

#6D227D #7D3F22 #327D22 #225F7D

square

#6D227D #7D3F22 #327D22 #225F7D

split-complementary

#6D227D #5F7D22 #227D3F

monochromatic

#19081D #43154D #6D227D #972FAD #B74BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#6D227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6D227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D227D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D227D	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A477B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.156 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a3',
    500: '#6d227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d227d;
$custom-light: #9a65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.451,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40896,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D227D

secondary

#5DB04B

accent

#E04762

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D227D

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

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