#6D236E#6D236E

#6D236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.141 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D236E
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 42.77, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 50.90, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.1187 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.141 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7220, 5.5797, 15.3138)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D236E #246E23

analogous

#47236E #6D236E #6E2349

triadic

#6D236E #6E6D23 #236E6D

tetradic

#6D236E #6E4723 #246E23 #23496E

square

#6D236E #6E4723 #246E23 #23496E

split-complementary

#6D236E #496E23 #236E47

monochromatic

#170717 #3F1440 #6D236E #9B329C #C347C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#6D236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#6D236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D236E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D236E	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35466C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#702D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.141 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996498',
    500: '#6d236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d236e;
$custom-light: #996498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40043,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D236E

secondary

#4DA14C

accent

#DB4D4F

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D236E

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