#6E238D#6E238D

#6E238D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.171 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E238D
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 49.28, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 65.81, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1184 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.171 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8383, 6.4405, 25.8137)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E238D #428D23

analogous

#39238D #6E238D #8D2377

triadic

#6E238D #8D6E23 #238D6E

tetradic

#6E238D #8D3923 #428D23 #23778D

square

#6E238D #8D3923 #428D23 #23778D

split-complementary

#6E238D #778D23 #238D39

monochromatic

#220B2B #48175C #6E238D #942FBE #B055D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#6E238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6E238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E238D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E238D	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.171 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66af',
    500: '#6e238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e238d;
$custom-light: #9b66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.453,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42274,
    "c": 0.1708,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E238D

secondary

#71B953

accent

#E34473

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E238D

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

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