#6E238B#6E238B

#6E238B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.169 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E238B
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 48.85, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 64.82, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1187 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.169 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6909, 6.3816, 25.0370)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E238B #408B23

analogous

#3A238B #6E238B #8B2374

triadic

#6E238B #8B6E23 #238B6E

tetradic

#6E238B #8B3A23 #408B23 #23748B

square

#6E238B #8B3A23 #408B23 #23748B

split-complementary

#6E238B #748B23 #238B3A

monochromatic

#210A29 #47175A #6E238B #952FBC #B054D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#6E238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#6E238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E238B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E238B	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.169 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66ad',
    500: '#6e238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e238b;
$custom-light: #9b66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42128,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E238B

secondary

#6EB852

accent

#E34571

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E238B

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

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