#6D229D#6D229D

#6D229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.187 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D229D
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 52.99, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 74.21, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.115 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.187 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9632, 6.8298, 32.5271)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D229D #529D22

analogous

#2F229D #6D229D #9D2290

triadic

#6D229D #9D6D22 #229D6D

tetradic

#6D229D #9D2F22 #529D22 #22909D

square

#6D229D #9D2F22 #529D22 #22909D

split-complementary

#6D229D #909D22 #229D2F

monochromatic

#270C38 #4A176B #6D229D #902DCF #AB5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#6D229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6D229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D229D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D229D	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.187 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66bb',
    500: '#6d229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d229d;
$custom-light: #9c66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43271,
    "c": 0.18711,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D229D

secondary

#82C15A

accent

#E74082

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D229D

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

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