#6E228D#6E228D

#6E228D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.172 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E228D
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 49.68, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 66.26, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1194 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.172 314)
XYZ	xyz(11.8093, 6.3825, 25.8040)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E228D #418D22

analogous

#39228D #6E228D #8D2277

triadic

#6E228D #8D6E22 #228D6E

tetradic

#6E228D #8D3922 #418D22 #22778D

square

#6E228D #8D3922 #418D22 #22778D

split-complementary

#6E228D #778D22 #228D39

monochromatic

#210A2A #48165C #6E228D #942EBE #B054D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#6E228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#6E228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E228D

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E228D	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.172 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65af',
    500: '#6e228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e228d;
$custom-light: #9b65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.617,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42175,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.06382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E228D

secondary

#70B951

accent

#E44472

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E228D

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

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