#6D237E#6D237E

#6D237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.156 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D237E
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 45.92, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 58.45, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.1186 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.156 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6731, 5.9601, 20.3228)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D237E #347E23

analogous

#40237E #6D237E #7E2362

triadic

#6D237E #7E6D23 #237E6D

tetradic

#6D237E #7E4023 #347E23 #23627E

square

#6D237E #7E4023 #347E23 #23627E

split-complementary

#6D237E #627E23 #237E40

monochromatic

#1A081E #44164E #6D237E #9630AE #B64ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#6D237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#6D237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D237E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D237E	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A487C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.156 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a65a4',
    500: '#6d237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d237e;
$custom-light: #9a65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.791,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41069,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D237E

secondary

#5FB04C

accent

#E04864

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D237E

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

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