#6D229C#6D229C

#6D229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.186 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D229C
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 52.77, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 73.71, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1152 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.186 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8782, 6.7958, 32.0793)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D229C #519C22

analogous

#30229C #6D229C #9C228E

triadic

#6D229C #9C6D22 #229C6D

tetradic

#6D229C #9C3022 #519C22 #228E9C

square

#6D229C #9C3022 #519C22 #228E9C

split-complementary

#6D229C #8E9C22 #229C30

monochromatic

#270C38 #4A176A #6D229C #902DCE #AB5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#6D229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6D229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D229C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D229C	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.186 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66ba',
    500: '#6d229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d229c;
$custom-light: #9c66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.885,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43191,
    "c": 0.18613,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D229C

secondary

#81C05A

accent

#E74181

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D229C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →