#6D238B#6D238B

#6D238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.169 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D238B
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 48.64, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 64.83, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1173 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.169 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5671, 6.3177, 25.0312)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D238B #418B23

analogous

#39238B #6D238B #8B2375

triadic

#6D238B #8B6D23 #238B6D

tetradic

#6D238B #8B3923 #418B23 #23758B

square

#6D238B #8B3923 #418B23 #23758B

split-complementary

#6D238B #758B23 #238B39

monochromatic

#200A29 #47175A #6D238B #932FBC #AF54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#6D238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#6D238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D238B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D238B	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.169 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66ad',
    500: '#6d238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d238b;
$custom-light: #9b66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D238B

secondary

#6FB852

accent

#E34572

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D238B

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

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