#6E236B#6E236B

#6E236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.139 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E236B
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(302, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 2.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 42.48, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 49.62, 328.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.1198 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.139 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6852, 5.5793, 14.4739)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E236B #236E26

analogous

#4B236E #6E236B #6E2345

triadic

#6E236B #6B6E23 #236B6E

tetradic

#6E236B #6E4B23 #236E26 #23456E

square

#6E236B #6E4B23 #236E26 #23456E

split-complementary

#6E236B #456E23 #236E4B

monochromatic

#170717 #40143E #6E236B #9C3298 #C447BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#6E236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#6E236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E236B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E236B	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#722C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.139 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6495',
    500: '#6e236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e236b;
$custom-light: #9a6495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40021,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E236B

secondary

#4CA14F

accent

#DB524D

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E236B

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