#6D227E#6D227E

#6D227E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.157 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D227E
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 46.33, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 58.93, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.1197 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.157 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6441, 5.9021, 20.3132)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D227E #337E22

analogous

#3F227E #6D227E #7E2261

triadic

#6D227E #7E6D22 #227E6D

tetradic

#6D227E #7E3F22 #337E22 #22617E

square

#6D227E #7E3F22 #337E22 #22617E

split-complementary

#6D227E #617E22 #227E3F

monochromatic

#1A081E #43154E #6D227E #972FAE #B64CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#6D227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6D227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D227E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D227E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.157 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a4',
    500: '#6d227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d227e;
$custom-light: #9a65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40964,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D227E

secondary

#5EB14B

accent

#E14763

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D227E

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

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