#6D237C#6D237C

#6D237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.154 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D237C
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 45.51, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 57.49, 322.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.1187 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.154 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5454, 5.9090, 19.6500)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D237C #327C23

analogous

#40237C #6D237C #7C235E

triadic

#6D237C #7C6D23 #237C6D

tetradic

#6D237C #7C4023 #327C23 #235E7C

square

#6D237C #7C4023 #327C23 #235E7C

split-complementary

#6D237C #5E7C23 #237C40

monochromatic

#19081D #43164C #6D237C #9730AC #B74DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#6D237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6D237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D237C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D237C	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00407F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C477A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.154 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a2',
    500: '#6d237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d237c;
$custom-light: #9a65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.888,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40934,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D237C

secondary

#5DAF4C

accent

#DF4962

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF3

border

#CCC6CD

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D237C

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

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