#6D238E#6D238E

#6D238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.171 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D238E
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 49.29, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 66.32, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1169 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.171 313)
XYZ	xyz(11.7893, 6.4066, 26.2015)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D238E #448E23

analogous

#37238E #6D238E #8E237A

triadic

#6D238E #8E6D23 #238E6D

tetradic

#6D238E #8E3723 #448E23 #237A8E

square

#6D238E #8E3723 #448E23 #237A8E

split-complementary

#6D238E #7A8E23 #238E37

monochromatic

#220B2C #47175D #6D238E #932FBF #AE56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#6D238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#6D238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D238E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D238E	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.171 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b0',
    500: '#6d238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d238e;
$custom-light: #9b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.495,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42207,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.06406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D238E

secondary

#73B953

accent

#E44475

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D238E

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

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