#6D228B#6D228B

#6D228B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.170 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D228B
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 49.04, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 65.29, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.1183 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.17 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5381, 6.2597, 25.0216)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D228B #408B22

analogous

#39228B #6D228B #8B2275

triadic

#6D228B #8B6D22 #228B6D

tetradic

#6D228B #8B3922 #408B22 #22758B

square

#6D228B #8B3922 #408B22 #22758B

split-complementary

#6D228B #758B22 #228B39

monochromatic

#200A29 #46165A #6D228B #942EBC #B053D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#6D228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#6D228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D228B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D228B	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.170 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65ad',
    500: '#6d228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d228b;
$custom-light: #9b65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41885,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D228B

secondary

#6EB850

accent

#E44472

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D228B

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

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