#6D237A#6D237A

#6D237A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.152 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D237A
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 45.11, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 56.52, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.1188 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.152 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4202, 5.8590, 18.9906)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D237A #307A23

analogous

#41237A #6D237A #7A235B

triadic

#6D237A #7A6D23 #237A6D

tetradic

#6D237A #7A4123 #307A23 #235B7A

square

#6D237A #7A4123 #307A23 #235B7A

split-complementary

#6D237A #5B7A23 #237A41

monochromatic

#18081B #43154A #6D237A #9731AA #B84CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#6D237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6D237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D237A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D237A	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.152 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a1',
    500: '#6d237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d237a;
$custom-light: #9a65a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.034,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40802,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D237A

secondary

#5BAD4C

accent

#DF495F

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D237A

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

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