#6E229F#6E229F

#6E229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.189 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E229F
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 53.62, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 75.15, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1159 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.189 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2591, 6.9624, 33.4396)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E229F #539F22

analogous

#2F229F #6E229F #9F2291

triadic

#6E229F #9F6E22 #229F6E

tetradic

#6E229F #9F2F22 #539F22 #22919F

square

#6E229F #9F2F22 #539F22 #22919F

split-complementary

#6E229F #919F22 #229F2F

monochromatic

#280C3A #4B176D #6E229F #912DD1 #AB5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#6E229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#6E229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E229F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E229F	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.189 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d66bc',
    500: '#6e229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e229f;
$custom-light: #9d66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43565,
    "c": 0.1893,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E229F

secondary

#83C15B

accent

#E84082

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F3EBF6

border

#CDC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E229F

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

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