#6D238F#6D238F

#6D238F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.172 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D238F
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 49.50, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 66.81, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1167 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.172 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8647, 6.4368, 26.5987)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D238F #458F23

analogous

#37238F #6D238F #8F237B

triadic

#6D238F #8F6D23 #238F6D

tetradic

#6D238F #8F3723 #458F23 #237B8F

square

#6D238F #8F3723 #458F23 #237B8F

split-complementary

#6D238F #7B8F23 #238F37

monochromatic

#220B2D #48175E #6D238F #922FC0 #AE57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#6D238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6D238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D238F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D238F	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.172 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b0',
    500: '#6d238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d238f;
$custom-light: #9b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42282,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D238F

secondary

#74BA54

accent

#E44476

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D238F

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

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