#6D229A#6D229A

#6D229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.184 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D229A
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 52.32, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 72.72, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1156 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.184 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7102, 6.7286, 31.1948)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D229A #4F9A22

analogous

#31229A #6D229A #9A228B

triadic

#6D229A #9A6D22 #229A6D

tetradic

#6D229A #9A3122 #4F9A22 #228B9A

square

#6D229A #9A3122 #4F9A22 #228B9A

split-complementary

#6D229A #8B9A22 #229A31

monochromatic

#260C36 #4A1768 #6D229A #902DCC #AB5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#6D229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6D229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D229A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D229A	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.184 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66b9',
    500: '#6d229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d229a;
$custom-light: #9c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43032,
    "c": 0.18419,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D229A

secondary

#7FBF58

accent

#E7417F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D229A

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

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