#6E238E#6E238E

#6E238E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.172 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E238E
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 49.50, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 66.30, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1183 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.172 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9131, 6.4704, 26.2073)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E238E #438E23

analogous

#39238E #6E238E #8E2379

triadic

#6E238E #8E6E23 #238E6E

tetradic

#6E238E #8E3923 #438E23 #23798E

square

#6E238E #8E3923 #438E23 #23798E

split-complementary

#6E238E #798E23 #238E39

monochromatic

#220B2C #48175D #6E238E #942FBF #AF56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#6E238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#6E238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E238E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E238E	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.172 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b66b0',
    500: '#6e238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e238e;
$custom-light: #9b66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.056,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42348,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E238E

secondary

#72B953

accent

#E44474

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0F0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E238E

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