#6D238A#6D238A

#6D238A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.168 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D238A
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 48.43, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 64.34, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.1175 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.168 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4944, 6.2887, 24.6482)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D238A #408A23

analogous

#3A238A #6D238A #8A2374

triadic

#6D238A #8A6D23 #238A6D

tetradic

#6D238A #8A3A23 #408A23 #23748A

square

#6D238A #8A3A23 #408A23 #23748A

split-complementary

#6D238A #748A23 #238A3A

monochromatic

#200A28 #461759 #6D238A #942FBB #B054D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#6D238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6D238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D238A

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D238A	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.168 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a66ad',
    500: '#6d238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d238a;
$custom-light: #9a66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.107,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41913,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D238A

secondary

#6EB751

accent

#E34571

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D238A

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

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