#6D228E#6D228E

#6D228E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.173 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D228E
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 49.69, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 66.77, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1179 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.173 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7603, 6.3486, 26.1918)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D228E #438E22

analogous

#37228E #6D228E #8E2279

triadic

#6D228E #8E6D22 #228E6D

tetradic

#6D228E #8E3722 #438E22 #22798E

square

#6D228E #8E3722 #438E22 #22798E

split-complementary

#6D228E #798E22 #228E37

monochromatic

#210A2B #47165D #6D228E #932EBF #AE54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#6D228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#6D228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D228E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D228E	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.173 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65b0',
    500: '#6d228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d228e;
$custom-light: #9b65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42108,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D228E

secondary

#72BA52

accent

#E44375

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D228E

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

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