#6E229B#6E229B

#6E229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.185 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229B
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 52.73, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 73.17, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1168 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.185 309)
XYZ	xyz(12.9176, 6.8259, 31.6410)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229B #4F9B22

analogous

#32229B #6E229B #9B228C

triadic

#6E229B #9B6E22 #229B6E

tetradic

#6E229B #9B3222 #4F9B22 #228C9B

square

#6E229B #9B3222 #4F9B22 #228C9B

split-complementary

#6E229B #8C9B22 #229B32

monochromatic

#270C37 #4A1769 #6E229B #922DCD #AC5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#6E229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6E229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229B	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.185 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66b9',
    500: '#6e229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229b;
$custom-light: #9c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.686,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43246,
    "c": 0.18544,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.06826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229B

secondary

#7FC059

accent

#E7417F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229B

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

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