#6D229B#6D229B

#6D229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.185 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D229B
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 52.54, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 73.21, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1154 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.185 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7939, 6.7620, 31.6352)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D229B #509B22

analogous

#31229B #6D229B #9B228D

triadic

#6D229B #9B6D22 #229B6D

tetradic

#6D229B #9B3122 #509B22 #228D9B

square

#6D229B #9B3122 #509B22 #228D9B

split-complementary

#6D229B #8D9B22 #229B31

monochromatic

#260C37 #4A1769 #6D229B #902DCD #AB5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#6D229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#6D229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D229B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D229B	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.185 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66b9',
    500: '#6d229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d229b;
$custom-light: #9c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.19,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43111,
    "c": 0.18516,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D229B

secondary

#80C059

accent

#E74180

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D229B

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

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