#6D229E#6D229E

#6D229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.188 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D229E
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 53.22, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 74.70, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1147 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.188 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0489, 6.8641, 32.9786)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D229E #539E22

analogous

#2F229E #6D229E #9E2291

triadic

#6D229E #9E6D22 #229E6D

tetradic

#6D229E #9E2F22 #539E22 #22919E

square

#6D229E #9E2F22 #539E22 #22919E

split-complementary

#6D229E #919E22 #229E2F

monochromatic

#280C39 #4A176C #6D229E #902DD0 #AA5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#6D229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6D229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D229E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D229E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.188 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66bb',
    500: '#6d229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d229e;
$custom-light: #9c66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.29,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43351,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D229E

secondary

#83C15B

accent

#E84082

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D229E

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

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