#6D228D#6D228D

#6D228D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.172 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D228D
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 49.47, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 66.27, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.118 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.172 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6856, 6.3187, 25.7982)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D228D #428D22

analogous

#38228D #6D228D #8D2278

triadic

#6D228D #8D6D22 #228D6D

tetradic

#6D228D #8D3822 #428D22 #22788D

square

#6D228D #8D3822 #428D22 #22788D

split-complementary

#6D228D #788D22 #228D38

monochromatic

#210A2A #47165C #6D228D #932EBE #AF54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#6D228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6D228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D228D

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D228D	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.172 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65af',
    500: '#6d228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d228d;
$custom-light: #9b65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.056,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42033,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D228D

secondary

#70B951

accent

#E44474

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D228D

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

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