#6E237D#6E237D

#6E237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.156 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E237D
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 45.95, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 57.99, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.12 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.156 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7327, 5.9983, 19.9905)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E237D #327D23

analogous

#41237D #6E237D #7D235F

triadic

#6E237D #7D6E23 #237D6E

tetradic

#6E237D #7D4123 #327D23 #235F7D

square

#6E237D #7D4123 #327D23 #235F7D

split-complementary

#6E237D #5F7D23 #237D41

monochromatic

#1A081D #44164D #6E237D #9830AD #B84DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#6E237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#6E237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E237D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E237D	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C487B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.156 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65a3',
    500: '#6e237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e237d;
$custom-light: #9b65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4115,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E237D

secondary

#5DAF4C

accent

#E04861

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E237D

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

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