#6E229E#6E229E

#6E229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.188 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229E
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 53.40, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 74.66, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1161 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.188 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1727, 6.9279, 32.9844)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229E #529E22

analogous

#30229E #6E229E #9E2290

triadic

#6E229E #9E6E22 #229E6E

tetradic

#6E229E #9E3022 #529E22 #22909E

square

#6E229E #9E3022 #529E22 #22909E

split-complementary

#6E229E #909E22 #229E30

monochromatic

#280C39 #4B176C #6E229E #912DD0 #AB5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#6E229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#6E229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.188 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66bb',
    500: '#6e229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229e;
$custom-light: #9d66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43484,
    "c": 0.18834,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229E

secondary

#82C15B

accent

#E84081

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229E

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

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