#6E229A#6E229A

#6E229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.184 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229A
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 52.51, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 72.68, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.117 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.184 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8340, 6.7924, 31.2006)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229A #4E9A22

analogous

#32229A #6E229A #9A228A

triadic

#6E229A #9A6E22 #229A6E

tetradic

#6E229A #9A3222 #4E9A22 #228A9A

square

#6E229A #9A3222 #4E9A22 #228A9A

split-complementary

#6E229A #8A9A22 #229A32

monochromatic

#260C36 #4A1768 #6E229A #922DCC #AC5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#6E229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#6E229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.184 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66b9',
    500: '#6e229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229a;
$custom-light: #9c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43167,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229A

secondary

#7EBF58

accent

#E7417E

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7F7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229A

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

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