#6E236E#6E236E

#6E236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.142 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E236E
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 43.04, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 50.97, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.1199 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.142 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8458, 5.6435, 15.3196)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E236E #236E23

analogous

#48236E #6E236E #6E2348

triadic

#6E236E #6E6E23 #236E6E

tetradic

#6E236E #6E4823 #236E23 #23486E

square

#6E236E #6E4823 #236E23 #23486E

split-complementary

#6E236E #486E23 #236E48

monochromatic

#170717 #401440 #6E236E #9C329C #C447C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#6E236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#6E236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E236E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E236E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35476C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#712D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.142 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6598',
    500: '#6e236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e236e;
$custom-light: #9a6598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40198,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E236E

secondary

#4CA14C

accent

#DB4D4D

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F2EBF2

border

#CCC6CC

text

#0E060D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E236E

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