#6E229D#6E229D

#6E229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.187 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229D
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 53.17, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 74.16, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.1164 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.187 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0870, 6.8936, 32.5329)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229D #519D22

analogous

#30229D #6E229D #9D228F

triadic

#6E229D #9D6E22 #229D6E

tetradic

#6E229D #9D3022 #519D22 #228F9D

square

#6E229D #9D3022 #519D22 #228F9D

split-complementary

#6E229D #8F9D22 #229D30

monochromatic

#280C38 #4B176B #6E229D #912DCF #AC5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#6E229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#6E229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229D	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.187 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c66bb',
    500: '#6e229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229d;
$custom-light: #9c66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.073,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43405,
    "c": 0.18738,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229D

secondary

#81C15A

accent

#E74080

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229D

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

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