#6E229C#6E229C

#6E229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.186 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229C
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 52.95, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 73.67, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1166 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.186 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0019, 6.8596, 32.0851)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229C #509C22

analogous

#31229C #6E229C #9C228D

triadic

#6E229C #9C6E22 #229C6E

tetradic

#6E229C #9C3122 #509C22 #228D9C

square

#6E229C #9C3122 #509C22 #228D9C

split-complementary

#6E229C #8D9C22 #229C31

monochromatic

#270C38 #4B176A #6E229C #912DCE #AC5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#6E229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#6E229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229C	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.186 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66ba',
    500: '#6e229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229c;
$custom-light: #9c66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43325,
    "c": 0.1864,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229C

secondary

#80C05A

accent

#E7417F

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229C

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

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